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Webster 1913 Edition
Diptera
‖
Dip′te-ra
,Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] with two wings,
δι-
= δίσ-
twice + [GREEK] feather, wing: cf. F. diptère
.] (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 maxillæ) with which they pierce the skin of animals. They undergo a complete metamorphosis, their larvæ (called maggots) being usually without feet.
Webster 1828 Edition
Diptera
DIPTER
, DIPTERA,Noun.
Definition 2024
Diptera
Diptera
Translingual
Proper noun
Diptera
- A taxonomic order within the superorder Endopterygota – the true flies.
Hypernyms
- (order): Animalia - kingdom; Eumetazoa - subkingdom; Bilateria, Nephrozoa, Protostomia, Ecdysozoa - clades; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class
Hyponyms
- (order): Brachycera, Nematocera - suborders