Nematocera
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Translingual
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) From Ancient Greek νῆμα = "thread" + κέρας = "horn, antenna", referring to their long, thin and segmented antennae.
Proper noun
Nematocera
- A taxonomic suborder within the order Diptera – gnats, mosquitoes, crane flies, etc.
Hypernyms
- (suborder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Diptera - order
Hyponyms
- Axymyiomorpha, Bibionomorpha, Blephariceromorpha, Culicomorpha, Psychodomorpha, Ptychopteromorpha, Tipulomorpha - infraorders
References
Nematocera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Nematocera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Nematocera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Nematocera at BugGuide
