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dipteran
dip·ter·an D0242500 (dĭp′tər-ən)n. Any of numerous insects of the order Diptera, characterized by a single pair of membranous wings and a pair of club-shaped balancing organs, and including the housefly and the mosquitoes.
[From New Latin Diptera, order name, from Greek dipteros, having two wings : di-, two; see di-1 + pteron, wing; see -pter.]
dip′ter·an adj.dipteran (ˈdɪptərən) or dipteronn (Animals) any dipterous insectadj1. (Animals) another word for dipterous12. (Botany) another word for dipterous1dip•ter•an (ˈdɪp tər ən)
n. any insect of the order Diptera, including mosquitoes, gnats, and most flies, having one pair of wings for flying and a second pair reduced to small knobs for balancing. [1835–45] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  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 piercingdipteron, dipterous insect, two-winged insectshaltere, balancer, halter - either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flightinsect - small air-breathing arthropodDiptera, order Diptera - a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane fliesgall gnat, gall midge, gallfly - fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plantsfly - two-winged insects characterized by active flightbee killer, robber fly - swift predatory fly having a strong body like a bee with the proboscis hardened for sucking juices of other insects captured on the wingfruit fly, pomace fly - any of numerous small insects whose larvae feed on fruitshippoboscid, louse fly - bloodsucking dipterous fly parasitic on birds and mammalsmosquito - two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animalsgnat - any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand fliesfungus gnat - mosquito-like insect whose larvae feed on fungi or decaying vegetationfungus gnat, sciara, sciarid - minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlingscrane fly, daddy longlegs - long-legged slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite |
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dip·ter·an (dip'tĕr-an), Denoting insects of the order Diptera.dipteran (dĭp′tər-ən)n. Any of numerous insects of the order Diptera, characterized by a single pair of membranous wings and a pair of club-shaped balancing organs, and including the housefly and the mosquitoes.
dip′ter·an adj.dip·ter·an (dip'tĕr-an) Denoting insects of the order Diptera.  Fig. 133 Dipteran . A fly of the family Stratiomyidae. dipteran any two-winged fly of the order Diptera in the class Insecta. Dipterans are ENDOPTERYGOTES and have the hind pair of wings very much reduced to form HALTERES which are used for balance in flight.dipteran
Related to dipteran: dipterousSynonyms for dipterannoun 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 piercingSynonyms- dipteron
- dipterous insect
- two-winged insects
Related Words- haltere
- balancer
- halter
- insect
- Diptera
- order Diptera
- gall gnat
- gall midge
- gallfly
- fly
- bee killer
- robber fly
- fruit fly
- pomace fly
- hippoboscid
- louse fly
- mosquito
- gnat
- fungus gnat
- sciara
- sciarid
- crane fly
- daddy longlegs
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