dipterous insect
Noun 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 (synonym) two-winged insects, dipteran, dipteron (hypernym) insect (hyponym) gall midge, gallfly, gall gnat (member-holonym) Diptera, order Diptera (part-meronym) halter, haltere, balancer | ||||
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dipterous insect
dipterous insect
n : 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: two-winged insects, dipteran, dipteron]
dipterous insect
n : 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: two-winged insects, dipteran, dipteron]