Definition of Aschiza
:a group of cyclorrhaphous Diptera comprising two-winged flies (as syrphus flies) that lack a lunule and do not suck blood
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Aschiza
plural noun
Aschi·za
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əˈskīzə
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Origin and Etymology of aschiza
New Latin, from 2a- + Greek schiza splinter
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