noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from cycl- + Greek rhaphē seam (akin to rhaptein to sew) — more at rhapsody
: a suborder or other major division of Diptera that comprises flies lacking mandibles and first maxillae and having acephalous larvae and coarctate pupae and that includes the botflies and the common houseflies
• cy·clor·rha·phous (ˈ)sī|klȯrəfəs adjective