Definition of Tipulidae
:a large family of long-legged usually slender two-winged flies comprising the crane flies and often resembling enormous mosquitoes
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Tipulidae
plural noun
Ti·pu·li·dae
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tə̇ˈpyüləˌdē
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Origin and Etymology of tipulidae
New Latin, from Tipula, type genus + -idae
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