nematocera Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun mosquitoes; fungus gnats; crane flies; gnats; sand flies
    suborder Nematocera.

WordNet

Nem`a*toc"e*ra noun plural
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. , , a thread + horn.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A suborder of dipterous insects, having long antennæ, as the mosquito, gnat, and crane fly; -- called also Nemocera.

Webster 1913