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from The Century Dictionary.
- In Latreille's system of classification, the second family of Diptera.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Zoöl.) A division of dipterous insects in which the proboscis is large and contains lancelike mandibles and maxillæ. The horseflies and robber flies are examples.
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