noun
minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings
• Syn: ↑fungus gnat, ↑sciara
• Hypernyms: ↑dipterous insect, ↑two-winged insects, ↑dipteran, ↑dipteron
• Hyponyms: ↑armyworm
• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Sciara
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I. \\-rə̇d\ adjective : of or relating to the Sciaridae
II. noun
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: a fly of the family Sciaridae : fungus gnat
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sciarid /sī-arˈid/
noun
A minute, dark-coloured, two-winged fly of the family Sciaridae (also adjective)
ORIGIN: Gr skiaros shady, dark-coloured, from skia shadow
Useful english dictionary. 2012.