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Definition of Dipteran
1. 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.
Terms within: Balancer, Halter, Haltere
Generic synonyms: Insect
Group relationships: Diptera, Order Diptera
Specialized synonyms: Gall Gnat, Gall Midge, Gallfly, Fly, Bee Killer, Robber Fly, Fruit Fly, Pomace Fly, Hippoboscid, Louse Fly, Mosquito, Gnat, Fungus Gnat, Fungus Gnat, Sciara, Sciarid, Crane Fly, Daddy Longlegs
Definition of Dipteran
1. n. An insect of the order Diptera.
Definition of Dipteran
1. Noun. Any of very many flies, of the order ''Diptera'', that have two wings ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dipteran
1. a two-winged fly [n -S]
Medical Definition of Dipteran
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Dipteran
Literary usage of Dipteran
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Psyche by Cambridge Entomological Club (1893)
"When we come to look for dipteran characters the only one that can be found is
the lack of metathoracic wings; as if this character were sufficient to ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Since puffing in polytene chromosomes of dipteran insects is believed to represent
a morphological expression of differential rates of RNA synthesis along ..."
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