Defenition of the word dipterous insect
Defenition of the word dipterous insect
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 for the word dipterous insect
dipteran
dipteron
two-winged insects
Meronymys for the word dipterous insect
balancer
Diptera
halter
haltere
order Diptera
Hyponyms for the word dipterous insect
bee killer
crane fly
daddy longlegs
fly
fruit fly
fungus gnat
gall gnat
gall midge
gallfly
gnat
hippoboscid
louse fly
mosquito
pomace fly
robber fly
sciara
sciarid
Hypernyms for the word dipterous insect
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