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Subfamily vs Dobsonfly - What's the difference?

subfamily | dobsonfly |

As nouns the difference between subfamily and dobsonfly

is that subfamily is (taxonomy) a taxonomic category ranking between a family and a genus; formerly called a tribe while dobsonfly is an insect of the subfamily whose males have long mandibles, found in the americas and related most closely to the fishfly.

subfamily

English

(wikipedia subfamily)

Noun

(subfamilies)
  • (taxonomy) A taxonomic category ranking between a family and a genus; formerly called a tribe

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    dobsonfly

    English

    Noun

    (dobsonflies) (wikipedia dobsonfly)
  • An insect of the subfamily whose males have long mandibles, found in the Americas and related most closely to the fishfly.