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Sciarid

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fungus gnatnounAny small short-lived gnat of various families in the order Diptera, feeding on fungi or decaying plant matter.
sciaranounA town in Sicily.

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fungus gnatnounAny small short-lived gnat of various families in the order Diptera, feeding on fungi or decaying plant matter.
sciaranounA town in Sicily.
scirtidnoun(zoology) Any beetle of the family Scirtidae.
scythrididnoun(zoology) Any moth in the family Scythrididae.
sciniphnoun(archaic, biblical) A kind of stinging or biting insect; a flea, gnat, sandfly, or the like.
coriscidnoun(zoology) Any bug in the family Coriscidae, a synonym for the Alydidae.
scathophagidnoun(zoology) Any fly of the family Scathophagidae.
ciidnoun(zoology) Any beetle in the family Ciidae.
scurrinidnounAny grasshopper of the subtribe Scurrina
kerriidnoun(zoology) Any lac insect in the family Kerriidae.
scarabidnounAny scarab beetle of the family Scarabaeidae
dungflynoun(zoology) A two-winged fly of the genus Scathophaga.
scarabaeinenounAny of the subfamily Scarabaeinae of dung beetles.
cissidnoun(zoology) Any beetle in the former family Cissidae, a synonym for the Ciidae.
sphaeroceridnoun(zoology) Any the family Sphaeroceridae of flies.
scarabnounA beetle of the species Scarabaeus sacer, sacred to the ancient Egyptians.
sesiidnoun(zoology) Any in the family Sesiidae of moths; a clearwing.
scarabaeiformnounAny beetle of the infraorder Scarabaeiformia
cyrtidnoun(zoology) Any fly in the family Cyrtidae.
chrysididnoun(zoology) Any wasp of the family Chrysididae.

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