HyperDic: diptera

English > 1 sense of the word Diptera:
NOUNanimalDiptera, order Dipteraa large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths
English > Diptera: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningA 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.
Synonymorder Diptera
Member ofInsecta, class Insecta, Hexapoda, class Hexapodainsects
MembersAsilidae, family Asilidaerobber flies
Bombyliidae, family Bombyliidaebee flies
Calliphoridae, family Calliphoridaeblowflies
Cecidomyidae, family Cecidomyidaegall midges
Cuterebridae, family CuterebridaeNew World botflies
Drosophilidae, family Drosophilidaefruit flies
Gasterophilidae, family Gasterophilidaehorse botflies
Glossinidae, family Glossinidaeflies closely related to the Muscidae
Haematobia, genus HaematobiaEuropean genus of bloodsucking flies
Hippoboscidae, family Hippoboscidaewinged or wingless dipterans
Muscidae, family MuscidaeTwo-winged flies especially the housefly
Muscoidea, superfamily MuscoideaTwo-winged flies especially the families
Nematocera, suborder Nematoceramosquitoes
Oestridae, family Oestridae, Hypodermatidae, family Hypodermatidaewarble flies
Simuliidae, family Simuliidaeblackflies and sand flies
Tabanidae, family Tabanidaehorseflies
Tachinidae, family Tachinidaeparasites on other insects
Trypetidae, family Trypetidae, Trephritidae, family Trephritidaefruit flies
dipterous insect, two-winged insects, dipteran, dipteroninsects 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
flytwo-winged insects characterized by active flight
Broaderanimal orderThe order of animals
Spanishdípteros
CatalanDiptera, Dípter, dípters
Adjectivesdipterousof or relating to or belonging to the Diptera

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