Home › Words › B › brachyceranbrachyceranbrachyceran means any fly of the suborder Brachycera.EtymologyFrom Brachycera + -an.nounAny fly of the suborder Brachycera.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.brachycentrid 74% match — Any caddisfly of the family Brachycentridae. vs brachyceran →brachycerid 73% match — Any weevil of the family Brachyceridae vs brachyceran →brachypter 68% match — Any taeniopterygid stonefly of the genus Brachyptera vs brachyceran →brachyuran 67% match — Of or pertaining to crabs. vs brachyceran →brachycephalid 66% match — Any of the toads or frogs in the family Brachycephalidae. vs brachyceran →acrocerid 66% match — Any fly of the family Acroceridae. vs brachyceran →cyclorrhaphan 64% match — Any fly of the taxon Cyclorrhapha vs brachyceran →brachyopid 64% match — Any extinct primitive amphibian of the family Brachyopidae. vs brachyceran →