diptera
- n 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
dipteran
- n 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
dipterocarpaceae
- n chiefly tropical Asian trees with two-winged fruits; yield valuable woods and aromatic oils and resins