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Ascarid
noun · 78% connection
A parasitic nematoid worm, espec. the roundworm, Ascaris lumbricoides, often occurring in the human intestine, and allied species foun…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dipterous, insect, family, estridae, many.
Astragalus
noun · 78% connection
A genus of papilionaceous plants, of the tribe Galegeae, containing numerous species, two of which are called, in English, milk vetch…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dipterous, insect, family, estridae, many.
Berna fly
unknown · 78% connection
A Brazilian dipterous insect of the genus Trypeta, which lays its eggs in the nostrils or in wounds of man and beast, where the larvae…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dipterous, insect, family, estridae, many.
Breeze fly
noun · 78% connection
A fly of various species, of the family Tabanidae, noted for buzzing about animals, and tormenting them by sucking their blood; -- cal…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dipterous, insect, family, estridae, many.
Cat
noun · 78% connection
An animal of various species of the genera Felis and Lynx. The domestic cat is Felis domestica. The European wild cat (Felis catus) is…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dipterous, insect, family, estridae, many.
Cecidomyia
noun · 78% connection
A genus of small dipterous files, including several very injurious species, as the Hessian fly. See Hessian fly.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dipterous, insect, family, estridae, many.
Chub
noun · 78% connection
A species to fresh-water fish of the Cyprinidae or Carp family. The common European species is Leuciscus cephalus; the cheven. In Amer…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dipterous, insect, family, estridae, many.
Cilia
n. pl. · 78% connection
Small, generally microscopic, vibrating appendages lining certain organs, as the air passages of the higher animals, and in the lower…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dipterous, insect, family, estridae, many.
Daddy longlegs
unknown · 78% connection
A name applied to many species of dipterous insects of the genus Tipula, and allied genera, with slender bodies, and very long, slende…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dipterous, insect, family, estridae, many.
Deer
n. sing. & pl. · 78% connection
A ruminant of the genus Cervus, of many species, and of related genera of the family Cervidae. The males, and in some species the fema…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dipterous, insect, family, estridae, many.
Different
adjective · 78% connection
Of various or contrary nature, form, or quality; partially or totally unlike; dissimilar; as, different kinds of food or drink; differ…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dipterous, insect, family, estridae, many.
Drone fly
unknown · 78% connection
A dipterous insect (Eristalis tenax), resembling the drone bee. See Eristalis.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dipterous, insect, family, estridae, many.
Echinococcus
noun · 78% connection
A parasite of man and of many domestic and wild animals, forming compound cysts or tumors (called hydatid cysts) in various organs, bu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dipterous, insect, family, estridae, many.
Firstling
noun · 78% connection
The first produce or offspring; -- said of animals, especially domestic animals; as, the firstlings of his flock.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dipterous, insect, family, estridae, many.
Fly
verb · 78% connection
Any dipterous insect; as, the house fly; flesh fly; black fly. See Diptera, and Illust. in Append.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dipterous, insect, family, estridae, many.
Garfish
noun · 78% connection
One of several species of similar fishes of the genus Tylosurus, of which one species (T. marinus) is common on the Atlantic coast. T.…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dipterous, insect, family, estridae, many.
Gnat
noun · 78% connection
A blood-sucking dipterous fly, of the genus Culex, undergoing a metamorphosis in water. The females have a proboscis armed with needle…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dipterous, insect, family, estridae, many.
Grasshopper
noun · 78% connection
Any jumping, orthopterous insect, of the families Acrididae and Locustidae. The species and genera are very numerous. The former famil…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dipterous, insect, family, estridae, many.
