Associations to the word «Dipteran»

Wiktionary

DIPTERAN, noun. Any of very many flies, of the order Diptera, that have two wings.
DIPTERAN, adjective. Alternative form of dipterous

Dictionary definition

DIPTERAN, 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.

Wise words

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