Diptera
/ˈdɪptərə/1
- Entomology a large order of insects that comprises the two-winged or true flies, which have the hindwings reduced to form balancing organs (halteres). It includes many biting forms such as mosquitoes and tsetse flies that are vectors of disease.【昆】双翅目。
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- as plural noun diptera insects of this order; flies.双翅目昆虫; 蝇。
派生词
dipteran
/-ərən/ noun & adjective词源
modern Latin (plural), from Greek diptera, neuter plural of dipteros 'two-winged', from di- 'two' + pteron 'wing'.