dipterous insect

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Noun
1. 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
(synonym) two-winged insects, dipteran, dipteron
(hypernym) insect
(hyponym) gall midge, gallfly, gall gnat
(member-holonym) Diptera, order Diptera
(part-meronym) halter, haltere, balancer