Diptera is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for DIPTERA in dictionary:

NOUN:
• an extensive order of insects having only two functional wings and two balancers
• the order comprising the dipterous insects.
• plural of dipteron.
• order of insects with two wings
• 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 maxillae) with which they pierce the skin of animals. They undergo a complete metamorphosis, their larvae (called maggots) being usually without feet.
• 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
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• pl. of dipteron

Words related to DIPTERA

dipteras11 dipteron11

Words that contain DIPTERA

dipteral11 dipteran11 dipteras11 dipterans12

How to use DIPTERA in a sentence

• We will recur later to these transformations of the Diptera.
• In many Diptera, on the other hand, the nervous system of the larva is more concentrated than that of the imago.
• Reverting to the first great division of the Diptera, we find varied adaptations to aquatic life among many grubs that possess a definite head.
• Among those Diptera whose larva is the headless maggot a most remarkable arrangement for protecting the pupa is to be found.
• Among the Diptera it is not unusual to find similar cases, the female fly giving birth to young maggots instead of laying eggs.

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