Dipteran

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insects having usually a single anterior pair of functional wings with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking, lapping or piercing; a fly

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synonym: dipterous insect
plural: Dipterans
possessive: Dipteran's
pluralpossessive: Dipterans'

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§1: insects having usually a single anterior pair of functional wings with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking, lapping or piercing; a fly

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