1. (noun) 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

• dipteran
• dipterous insect
• two-winged insects

1. (noun) 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

• bee killer
• robber fly
• crane fly
• daddy longlegs
• fly
• fruit fly
• pomace fly
• fungus gnat
• fungus gnat
• sciara
• sciarid
• gall gnat
• gall midge
• gallfly
• gnat
• hippoboscid
• louse fly
• mosquito

1. (noun) 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

• diptera
• order diptera

1. (noun) 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

• insect