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diptera
(encz) | Diptera, |
Diptera
(gcide) | Diptera \Dip"te*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? with two wings, di-
= di`s- twice + ? feather, wing: cf. F. dipt[`e]re.] (Zool.)
An extensive order of insects having only two functional
wings and two balancers, as the house fly, mosquito, etc.
They have a suctorial proboscis, often including two pairs of
sharp organs (mandibles and maxill[ae]) with which they
pierce the skin of animals. They undergo a complete
metamorphosis, their larv[ae] (called maggots) being usually
without feet.
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diptera
(wn) | Diptera
n 1: a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and
sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and
mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies [syn: Diptera,
order Diptera] |
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dipteran
(encz) | dipteran, n: |
order diptera
(encz) | order Diptera, n: |
Diptera
(gcide) | Diptera \Dip"te*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? with two wings, di-
= di`s- twice + ? feather, wing: cf. F. dipt[`e]re.] (Zool.)
An extensive order of insects having only two functional
wings and two balancers, as the house fly, mosquito, etc.
They have a suctorial proboscis, often including two pairs of
sharp organs (mandibles and maxill[ae]) with which they
pierce the skin of animals. They undergo a complete
metamorphosis, their larv[ae] (called maggots) being usually
without feet.
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Dipteral
(gcide) | Dipteral \Dip"ter*al\, a.
1. (Zool.) Having two wings only; belonging to the order
Diptera.
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2. (Anc. Arch.) Having a double row of columns on each on the
flanks, as well as in front and rear; -- said of a temple.
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Dipteran
(gcide) | Dipteran \Dip"ter*an\, n. (Zool.)
An insect of the order Diptera.
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Pseudo-dipteral
(gcide) | Pseudo-dipteral \Pseu`do-dip"ter*al\, a. [Pseudo- + dipteral:
cf. F. pseudodipt[`e]re.] (Arch.)
Falsely or imperfectly dipteral, as a temple with the inner
range of columns surrounding the cella omitted, so that the
space between the cella wall and the columns is very great,
being equal to two intercolumns and one column. -- n. A
pseudo-dipteral temple.
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dipteran
(wn) | dipteran
n 1: 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 [syn: dipterous insect, {two-winged
insects}, dipteran, dipteron] |
order diptera
(wn) | order Diptera
n 1: a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and
sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and
mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies [syn: Diptera,
order Diptera] |
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