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Noun: Diptera  dip-tu-ru
  1. A large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies
    - order Diptera

See also: dipterous

Type of: animal order

Part of: class Hexapoda, class Insecta, Hexapoda, Insecta

Encyclopedia: Diptera

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