dipteron

Plural: diptera

Noun

• A two-winged fly, or an insect of 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
• Any fly of the taxonomic order Diptera.
• Alternative form of dipteros.

Examples

• Finding DIPTERON on the rack was a biologist’s dream in a Scrabble game.

Synonyms

dipteran, dipterous insect, two-winged insects