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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
DIPTERAL
a.Having two wings only.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
DIPTERA
Dip "te *ra, n. pl. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr. diptère.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An extensive order of insects having only two functional wings and two balancers, as the house fly, mosquito, etc. They have a suctorial proboscis, often including two pairs of sharp organs (mandibles and maxillæ ) with which they pierce the skin of animals.They undergo a complete metamorphosis, their larvæ (called maggots ) being usually without feet.
DIPTERAL
DIPTERAL Dip "ter *al, a.
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having two wings only; belonging to the order Diptera.
2. (Anc. Arch. )
Defn: Having a double row of columns on each on the flanks, as well as in front and rear; -- said of a temple.
DIPTERAN
DIPTERAN Dip "ter *an, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: An insect of the order Diptera.
New American Oxford Dictionary
Diptera
Dip ter a |ˈdiptərə ˈdɪptərə |Entomology a large order of insects that comprises the two-winged or true flies, which have the hind wings reduced to form balancing organs (halteres ). It includes many biting forms, such as mosquitoes and tsetse flies, that are vectors of disease. • (as plural noun diptera ) insects of this order; flies. ORIGIN modern Latin (plural ), from Greek diptera, neuter plural of dipteros ‘two-winged, ’ from di- ‘two ’ + pteron ‘wing. ’
dipteral
dip ter al |ˈdiptərəl ˈdɪptərəl | ▶adjective Architecture having a double peristyle. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Latin dipteros (from Greek, from di- ‘twice ’ + pteron ‘wing ’) + -al .
dipteran
dip ter an |ˈdiptərən ˈdɪptərən |Entomology ▶noun an insect of the large order Diptera; a fly. ▶adjective relating to or denoting dipterans.
Oxford Dictionary
Diptera
Diptera |ˈdɪpt (ə )rə | ▶plural noun Entomology 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. • (diptera ) insects of the order Diptera; flies. ORIGIN modern Latin (plural ), from Greek diptera, neuter plural of dipteros ‘two-winged ’, from di- ‘two ’ + pteron ‘wing ’.
dipteral
dipteral |ˈdɪpt (ə )r (ə )l | ▶adjective Architecture having a double peristyle. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Latin dipteros (from Greek, from di- ‘twice ’ + pteron ‘wing ’) + -al .
dipteran
dipteran |ˈdɪpt (ə )r (ə )n |Entomology ▶noun an insect of the large order Diptera; a fly. ▶adjective relating to or denoting dipterans.