dipterous
Americanadjective
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Entomology. belonging or pertaining to the order Diptera, comprising the houseflies, mosquitoes, and gnats, characterized by a single, anterior pair of membranous wings with the posterior pair reduced to small, knobbed structures.
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Botany. having two winglike appendages, as seeds or stems.
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Also: dipteran. of, relating to, or belonging to the Diptera, a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouthparts. The group includes flies, mosquitoes, craneflies, and midges
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botany having two winglike parts
a dipterous seed
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Etymology
Origin of dipterous
1765–75; < New Latin dipterus < Greek dípteros; see Diptera, -ous
Example Sentences
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Notice of a case in which the larvæ of a dipterous insect, supposed to be Anthomyia canicularis, Meig., were expelled in large quantities from the human intestines.
From Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases by Doane, Rennie Wilbur
Eucephalous: with a well-developed head, bearing the normal appendages: applied to certain dipterous larvae.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
Sepsis, sep′sis, n. putridity, rot: a genus of dipterous insects.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Dip′teran, a dipterous insect; Dip′teros, a building with double peristyle or colonnade.—adjs.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
The box turtle as a host for dipterous parasites.
From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by Legler, John M.
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