Definition of Dipteral

1. a. Having two wings only; belonging to the order Diptera.

Definition of Dipteral

1. Adjective. Having two wings only. ¹

2. Adjective. Belonging to the order of insects Diptera. ¹

3. Adjective. Having a double row of columns on each on the flanks, as well as in front and rear, often said of a temple. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dipteral

1. having two rows or columns [adj]

Medical Definition of Dipteral

1. 1. Having two wings only; belonging to the order Diptera. 2. Having a double row of columns on each on the flanks, as well as in front and rear; said of a temple. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dipteral

dipso
dipsogen
dipsology
dipsomania
dipsomaniac
dipsomaniacal
dipsomaniacs
dipsomanias
dipsos
dipsosis
dipsotherapy
dipsticks
dipswitch
dipt
dipteral (current term)
dipteran
dipterans
dipteras
diptericin
dipterist
dipterists
dipterocarp
dipterocarps
dipterocarpus
dipteroi
dipteron
dipterons
dipteros
dipterous

Literary usage of Dipteral

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1. Foreign Topography; Or, An Encyclopedick Account, Alphabetically Arranged by Thomas Dudley Fosbroke (1828)
"... and uniformly dipteral, were either ... and in the first of these cases they could not be dipteral" Introd. ii. ..."

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