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noun
Any small short-lived gnat of various families in the order Diptera, feeding on fungi or decaying plant matter; mostly found in the family Mycetophilidae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
mosquito-like insect whose larvae feed on fungi or decaying vegetation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: dipterous insect, two-winged insects, dipteran, dipteron
noun
minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sciara, sciarid
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Broader terms: dipterous insect, two-winged insects, dipteran, dipteron
Narrower terms: armyworm
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