English
Detailed Synonyms for dipteron in English
dipteron:
dipteron [the ~] noun
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the dipteron
– 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 1the dipteran; the dipteron; the dipterous insect; the two-winged insects– 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 1