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  • proper noun A taxonomic suborder within the order Diptera — almost all flies.

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Examples

  • -- Translator's Note.) the hazel-nut, the chestnut, the acorn; the Brachycera (A division of Flies including the Gad-flies and

    More Hunting Wasps Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

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