Two-Winged Insects

nounid 145780·updated May 18, 2026

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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

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unclassified

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unclassified

Variants

3 surface forms

synonym: dipterous insect
possessive: Two-Winged Insects's
pluralpossessive: Two-Winged Insectses'

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§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

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