"ortalid" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1903 July 17, WH Dall, “The Grand Gulf Formation”, in Science, volume 18, number 446, page 83",
          "text": "He exhibited, also, two rare ortalid flies which resemble ants in appearance, Myrmecomyia myrmecoides Loew and Odontomera ferruginea Macquart.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1931, JR Malloch, “Flies of the genus Pseudotephritis Johnson (Diptera: Ortalidae)”, in Proceedings of the United States National Museum",
          "text": "The present paper is the result of a survey of the ortalid flies of the genus Pseudotephritis in the collections of the United States Biological Survey and the United States National Museum collection.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1958, SJ Paramonov, “A review of Australian Pyrgotidae (Diptera)”, in Australian Journal of Zoology, volume 6, number 1, page 89",
          "text": "Although this family has some forms transgressive to the ortalids, it consists of a rather uniform monophyletic group, having not only morphological but also biological features in common.",
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        "A fly of the family Ortalidae (now Ulidiidae)."
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        "(obsolete) A fly of the family Ortalidae (now Ulidiidae)."
      ],
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          "word": "ulidiid"
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        "obsolete"
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  "word": "ortalid"
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        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (family)"
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          "ref": "1903 July 17, WH Dall, “The Grand Gulf Formation”, in Science, volume 18, number 446, page 83",
          "text": "He exhibited, also, two rare ortalid flies which resemble ants in appearance, Myrmecomyia myrmecoides Loew and Odontomera ferruginea Macquart.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1931, JR Malloch, “Flies of the genus Pseudotephritis Johnson (Diptera: Ortalidae)”, in Proceedings of the United States National Museum",
          "text": "The present paper is the result of a survey of the ortalid flies of the genus Pseudotephritis in the collections of the United States Biological Survey and the United States National Museum collection.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1958, SJ Paramonov, “A review of Australian Pyrgotidae (Diptera)”, in Australian Journal of Zoology, volume 6, number 1, page 89",
          "text": "Although this family has some forms transgressive to the ortalids, it consists of a rather uniform monophyletic group, having not only morphological but also biological features in common.",
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        "A fly of the family Ortalidae (now Ulidiidae)."
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        "(obsolete) A fly of the family Ortalidae (now Ulidiidae)."
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