Definition of dipteran Dipteran

dip•ter•an

We found 5 definitions of dipteran from 5 different sources.

What does dipteran mean?

Noun
dipteran - 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
		dipterous insect, two-winged insects, dipteron
		insect small air-breathing arthropod
		diptera, order diptera a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies
		haltere, balancer, halter an acrobat who balances himself in difficult positions
		gall gnat, gall midge, gallfly fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants
		fly (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air
		bee killer, robber fly swift predatory fly having a strong body like a bee with the proboscis hardened for sucking juices of other insects captured on the wing
		fruit fly, pomace fly any of numerous small insects whose larvae feed on fruits
		hippoboscid, louse fly bloodsucking dipterous fly parasitic on birds and mammals
		mosquito two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals
		gnat (British usage) mosquito
		fungus gnat mosquito-like insect whose larvae feed on fungi or decaying vegetation
		sciara, sciarid, fungus gnat mosquito-like insect whose larvae feed on fungi or decaying vegetation