Definition of Dipterous

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or belonging to the Diptera.

Partainyms: Diptera
Derivative terms: Diptera

Definition of Dipterous

1. a. Having two wings, as certain insects; belonging to the order Diptera.

Definition of Dipterous

1. Adjective. Of, or pertaining to, Diptera. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dipterous

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Dipterous

1. 1. Having two wings, as certain insects; belonging to the order Diptera. 2. Having two wings; two-winged. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dipterous

dipt
dipteral
dipteran
dipterans
dipteras
diptericin
dipterist
dipterists
dipterocarp
dipterocarps
dipterocarpus
dipteroi
dipteron
dipterons
dipteros
dipterous (current term)
dipterous insect
dipterygian
dipthong
diptote
diptotes
diptyca
diptycas
diptych
diptychs
dipygus
dipylidiasis
dipyramid
dipyramidal
dipyramids

Literary usage of Dipterous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1907)
"BIOLOGICAL BULLETIN THE SYSTEMATIC AFFINITIES OF THE dipterous FAMILY PHORID/E. ... In a paper on the nomenclature of the dipterous wing published in the ..."

2. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1891)
"A query as to the food of certain dipterous ... In a state of confinement all the dipterous ... dipterous ..."

3. The Journal of the Linnean Society by Linnean Society of London (1857)
"Catalogue of the dipterous Insects collected at Singapore and Malacca hy Mr. AR Wallace, ... dipterous ..."

4. Magazine of Zoology and Botany by Sir William Jardine, Prideaux John Selby, George Johnston (1837)
"V.—Characters and Descriptions of the dipterous Insects indigenous to Britain. By JAMES DUNCAN, M. VV. S., &c. &c. (In the following series of papers it is ..."

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