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dipteral

dipteral

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dip·ter·al    Audio Help   (dĭp'tər-əl)   

adj.  

  1. Architecture Having a double row of columns on all sides, as certain Greek temples.

  2. Biology Dipterous.


[From Greek dipteros, temple with a double peristyle : di-, di- + pteron, feather, wing; see pet- in Indo-European roots.]
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