English
Detailed Synonyms for dipteran in English
dipteran:
dipteran [the ~] nom
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the dipteran
– 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 1the dipterous insect; the two-winged insects; the dipteran; the dipteron– 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 1