Nematocera \Nem`a*toc"e*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?, a thread + ke`ras horn.]

(Zo["o]l.) A suborder of dipterous insects, having long antenn[ae], as the mosquito, gnat, and crane fly; -- called also Nemocera.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)