Diptera
Meaning of Diptera
plural noun
a large order of insects that comprises the two-winged or true flies, which have the hindwings reduced to form balancing organs (halteres). It includes many biting forms such as mosquitoes and tsetse flies that are vectors of disease.
modern Latin (plural), from Greek diptera, neuter plural of dipteros ‘two-winged’, from di- ‘two’ + pteron ‘wing’.
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Hyphenation of Diptera
Diptera
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Words that rhyme with Diptera
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