 dipterous_insect |
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| 1. | [ noun ] (zoology) 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 | |
| Synonyms: | dipteran dipteron two-winged_insects | |
| Related terms: | insect fly mosquito louse_fly gnat gall_midge robber_fly fruit_fly crane_fly fungus_gnat fungus_gnat Diptera halter | |
