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单词 dipterous
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
dip•ter•ous /ˈdɪptərəs/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. Insectshaving two wings, such as a fly, or two winglike parts, such as certain seeds.
See -pter-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
dip•ter•ous  (dip′tər əs),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Insects[Entomol.]belonging or pertaining to the order Diptera, comprising the houseflies, mosquitoes, and gnats, characterized by a single, anterior pair of membranous wings with the posterior pair reduced to small, knobbed structures.
  2. Botanyhaving two winglike appendages, as seeds or stems.
  • Greek dípteros; see Diptera, -ous
  • Neo-Latin dipterus
  • 1765–75

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
dipterous /ˈdɪptərəs/ adj

  1. Also: dipteran of, relating to, or belonging to the Diptera, a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouthparts. The group includes flies, mosquitoes, craneflies, and midges
  2. having two winglike parts
Etymology: 18th Century: from New Latin, from Greek dipteros, from di- two + pteros wing
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