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Two-winged insects
/tu-wɪŋd
ˈɪnsˌɛkts/
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Two-winged insects
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.
Synonyms:
dipteran
,
dipteron
,
dipterous insect
.
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