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dipterous
[ dip-ter-uhs ]
adjective
- Entomology. belonging or pertaining to the order Diptera, comprising the houseflies, mosquitoes, and gnats, characterized by a single, anterior pair of membranous wings with the posterior pair reduced to small, knobbed structures.
- Botany. having two winglike appendages, as seeds or stems.
dipterous
/ ˈɪəə /
adjective
- Alsodipteran of, relating to, or belonging to the Diptera, a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouthparts. The group includes flies, mosquitoes, craneflies, and midges
- botany having two winglike parts
a dipterous seed
Other yvlog Forms
- ԴDz·徱t·dzܲ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of dipterous1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of dipterous1
Example Sentences
Especially since he was positive for three of the four rounds; a dipterous -1.5 strokes gained/off-the-tee in Day 3 really skews his numbers.
The team rotates the fly so that it roasts evenly, turning from a golden dipterous brown to a deep smoky grey.
Sepsis, sep′sis, n. putridity, rot: a genus of dipterous insects.
Gnat, nat, n. a genus of dipterous insects of numerous species, esp. abundant in marshy districts—the female lives on the blood of animals.—n.
They come into the world in the form of smooth, ovate bodies, much resembling ordinary dipterous pupæ, but as Leuckart has shown,11 they are true, though abnormal, larvæ.
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