tipule

Definitions of tipule
  1. noun
    long-legged slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite
    synonyms: cousin
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    type of:
    diptère
    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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