Usually means: Long, thin antennae; diverse flies.
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Definitions from Wikipedia (Nematocera)

▸ noun:  The (the name meaning "thread-horns") a suborder of elongated flies with thin, segmented antennae and mostly aquatic larvae.


Opposite:
brachycera, non-nematocera, macrocera

Types:
mosquito, gnat, no-see-um, fruit fly, black fly, more...

Phrases:
suborder nematocera, more...

Adjectives:
other, most, aquatic, bloodsucking, certain, suborder, diptera, related

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Opposite:
brachycera, non-nematocera, macrocera

Types:
mosquito, gnat, no-see-um, fruit fly, black fly, more...

Phrases:
suborder nematocera, more...

Adjectives:
other, most, aquatic, bloodsucking, certain, suborder, diptera, related




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