dipteron
Meanings
Plural: diptera
Noun
- insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing
- Any fly of the taxonomic order Diptera.
- Alternative form of dipteros.
Origin / Etymology
From translingual Diptera.
Synonyms
dipteran, dipterous insect, two-winged insects
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