Dipteran

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dipteran \Dip"ter*an\, n. (Zool.)
     An insect of the order Diptera.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  dipteran
       n : 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}, {dipteron}]