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dipteran
/ ˈdɪptəˌrɒn, ˈdɪptərən /
noun
any dipterous insect
adjective
another word for dipterous
dipteran
Any of various insects of the order Diptera, characterized by a single pair of membranous wings, a pair of club-shaped balancing organs, and large compound eyes. Dipterans include the flies, mosquitoes, midges, and gnats.
Example Sentences
That, with the addition of a bit of computer modelling, has shown them how dipteran inertial guidance works.
Flies may seem short-lived to people, but from a dipteran point of view they can thus live to a ripe old age.
But tsetses are not the only dipteran foes of zebra and, since they are rarely found in the meadows of Hungary, Dr Horvath plumped for studying an almost equally obnoxious alternative: the horsefly.
One or two examples of the adaptations of dipteran larvae to life in the water may well bring the present chapter to a close.
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