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[syn: dipterous insect, two-winged insects, dipteran, dipteron]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dipteran \Dip"ter*an\, n. (Zool.)
An insect of the order Diptera.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dipteran
n 1: 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 [syn: dipterous insect, two-winged
insects, dipteran, dipteron]