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fungus gnat

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: fungus gnat

1
 n
mosquito-like insect whose larvae feed on fungi or decaying vegetation
2
 n
minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: fungus gnat
1

n mosquito-like insect whose larvae feed on fungi or decaying vegetation

Type of:
dipteran, dipteron, dipterous insect, two-winged insects
insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing
2

n minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings

Synonyms:
sciara, sciarid
Types:
armyworm
larva of fungus gnat that feed on cereals and other grains; they march in large companies in regular order when the food is exhausted
Type of:
dipteran, dipteron, dipterous insect, two-winged insects
insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing
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