Lexicographical Neighbors of Dipteras
Literary usage of Dipteras
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator by Edward Whymper (1892)
"We could see that they were dipteras, but ... it was impossible to catch the
insects. . . . The insects were flying at a height of about 18225 feet. ..."
2. Aspects of Nature: In Different Lands and Different Climates; with by Alexander von Humboldt (1850)
"We could see that they were dipteras, resembling flies, but on a sharp ridge of
rock (cuchilla) often only ten inches wide, between steeply descending ..."
3. Aspects of Nature: In Different Lands and Different Climates; with by Alexander von Humboldt (1849)
"We could see that they were dipteras, resembling flies, but on a sharp ridge of
rock (cuchilla) often only ten inches wide, between steeply descending ..."
4. Oriental Customs: Or, An Illustration of the Sacred Scriptures by an by Samuel Burder (1807)
"The king is first anointed, then crowned, and is accompanied half way up the
steps by the singing priests, called dipteras, chaunting psalms and hymns: here ..."
5. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1901)
"It is here that the intervention of insects becomes necessary—but to which must
we turn ? Many dipteras visit the flowers of the Jasmine, ..."
6. Bulletin of the University of Montana by Mont University of Montana (Missoula, University of Montana (Missoula, Mont.) (1903)
"We could see that they were dipteras, but it was impossible to catch the insects
The insects were flying at a height of about 18226 feet Somewhat lower down ..."
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