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From translingual Nematocera + -an.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Of or relating to the Nematocera, a suborder of elongated flies with thin, segmented antennae and mostly aquatic larvae, consisting of the mosquitoes, crane flies, gnats, and midges. Full definition →
From translingual Nematocera + -an.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.