dipterous insect
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(noun) 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 |
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Synonyms: dipteran, dipteron, two-winged insects |
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Related Words: bee killer, crane fly, daddy longlegs, fly, fruit fly, fungus gnat, gall gnat, gall midge, gallfly, gnat, hippoboscid, insect, louse fly, mosquito, pomace fly, robber fly, sciara, sciarid |
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