dipteran Meaning, Definition & Usage
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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
two-winged insects; dipteron; dipterous insect.
WordNet
Dip"ter*an noun
Definitions
(Zoöl.) An insect of the order Diptera.
