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Dip·ter·a    Audio Help   [dip-ter-uh, -truh] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the order comprising the dipterous insects.
2.(lowercase) pl. of dipteron.

[Origin: 1810–20; < NL < Gk, neut. pl. of dípteros two-winged, equiv. to di- di-1 + -pteros -pterous]
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dip·ter·on    Audio Help   [dip-tuh-ron] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -ter·a    Audio Help   [-ter-uh] Pronunciation Key.
a dipterous insect.

[Origin: 1890–95; < Gk, neut. of dípteros; see Diptera]
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diptera

noun
a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies 

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Diptera

Dip"te*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? with two wings, di- = di`s- twice + ? feather, wing: cf. F. dipt[`e]re.] (Zo["o]l.) An extensive order of insects having only two functional wings and two balancers, as the house fly, mosquito, etc. They have a suctorial proboscis, often including two pairs of sharp organs (mandibles and maxill[ae]) with which they pierce the skin of animals. They undergo a complete metamorphosis, their larv[ae] (called maggots) being usually without feet.
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