(n) 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, Syn.order Diptera
(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.dipteran, dipteron, two-winged insects
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; with two wings, di- = di`s- twice + &unr_; feather, wing: cf. F. diptère. ] (Zool.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pseudo- + dipteral: cf. F. pseudodiptère. ] (Arch.) Falsely or imperfectly dipteral, as a temple with the inner range of columns surrounding the cella omitted, so that the space between the cella wall and the columns is very great, being equal to two intercolumns and one column. -- n. A pseudo-dipteral temple. [ 1913 Webster ]
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