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Brachycera

Brachycera

Translingual

Calliphora vomitoria
(infraorder Muscomorpha)

Proper noun

Brachycera

A taxonomic suborder within the order Diptera – almost all flies.

Hyponyms

(suborder): Asilomorpha, Muscomorpha, Stratiomyomorpha, Tabanomorpha, Vermileonomorpha, Xylophagomorpha (infraorders)