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from The Century Dictionary.

  • A family of nemocerous dipterous insects, typified by the genus Bibio, having the prothorax much developed, no transverse thoracic suture, 7 abdominal segments, 6 to 11 antennal joints, 3 ocelli, wings without a discal cell, and the coxæ not prolonged.

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