dipteron
Americannoun
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diptera
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of dipteron
1890–95; < Greek, neuter of dípteros; see Diptera
Example Sentences
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Walker, F., on sexual differences in the diptera.
From The Descent of Man by Charles Darwin
You could hardly want to catalogue him with the diptera or hymenoptera?” asked Mrs Weldon laughingly.
From Dick Sands, the Boy Captain by Ellen E. Frewer
To entomologists the Daisy is interesting as an attractive flower to insects; for "it is visited by nine hymenoptera, thirteen diptera, three coleoptera, and two lepidoptera—namely, the least meadow-brown and the common blue butterflies."
From The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare by Henry Nicholson Ellacombe
The mosquitoes of Loreto have a deserved reputation for driving away such visitors as do not care to leave much of their blood with the redoubtable diptera.
From Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon by Jules Verne
I want to finish my collection of the diptera.
From Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy by William Heysham Overend
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