Aschiza

plural noun

Aschi·​za

əˈskīzə

: a group of cyclorrhaphous Diptera comprising two-winged flies (as syrphus flies) that lack a lunule and do not suck blood

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from a- entry 2 + Greek schiza splinter

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