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- proper noun A taxonomic
suborder within theorder Diptera — almost allflies .
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-- 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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