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