dipteran
Plural: dipterans
Noun
- A two-winged fly, belonging to the order Diptera.
- 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
- An insect of the large order Diptera; a fly.
Adj
- Relating to or denoting dipterans.
Examples
- She scored big with DIPTERAN, highlighting her knowledge of insect classifications in Words With Friends.
Origin / Etymology
PIE word
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Immediately from translingual Diptera + -an, for denoting taxonomic specification, as opposed to instances where "fly" is used informally. From Ancient Greek δίπτερος (dípteros, “two-winged”) + -an, from δι- (di-, “two, di-”) + πτερόν (pterón, “feather, wing”) + -ος (-os, “adjectival suffix”).
Synonyms
dipteron, dipterous insect, two-winged insects
Scrabble Score: 11
dipteran: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddipteran: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
dipteran: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 13
dipteran: valid Words With Friends Word