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Webster 1913 Edition

Nematocera

‖

Nemˊa-toc′e-ra

,

Noun.

pl.

[NL., fr. Gr.

νῆμα

,

νήματος

, a thread +

κέρασ

horn.]

(Zool.)

A suborder of dipterous insects, having long antennae, as the mosquito, gnat, and crane fly; – called also

Nemocera

.