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Dipterous   Listen
adjective
Dipterous  adj.  
1.
(Zool.) Having two wings, as certain insects; belonging to the order Diptera.
2.
(Bot.) Having two wings; two-winged.





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... must suffice in the present brief survey. A few pages back (p. 66) reference was made to the production of galls on various plants, through the activity of larvae of the hymenopterous family Cynipidae. Many plant-galls are due, however, to the presence of grubs of tiny dipterous insects, the Cecidomyidae or Gall-midges. A cecid grub (fig. 19) has an elongate body with flexible, wrinkled cuticle, tapering somewhat at the two ends. The head, if rather narrow, is distinct, and beneath the prothorax is a characteristic sclerite known as ...
— The Life-Story of Insects • Geo. H. Carpenter


Words linked to "Dipterous" :   dipterous insect, Diptera


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