fly




two-winged insects characterized by active flight


Type of:
  • dipterous insect; two-winged insects; dipteran; dipteron

Types:
  • housefly; house fly; Musca domestica
  • tsetse fly; tsetse; tzetze fly; tzetze; glossina
  • blowfly; blow fly
  • flesh fly; Sarcophaga carnaria
  • tachina fly
  • gadfly
  • bee fly
  • horn fly; Haematobia irritans

Parts:
  • Diptera; order Diptera

Part of:
  • Animalia; kingdom Animalia; animal kingdom
  • Animalia; kingdom Animalia; animal kingdom
  • Arthropoda; phylum Arthropoda
  • Insecta; class Insecta; Hexapoda; class Hexapoda
  • Diptera; order Diptera


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