dipteron
21crane fly — noun long legged slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite • Syn: ↑daddy longlegs • Hypernyms: ↑dipterous insect, ↑two winged insects, ↑dipteran, ↑dipteron • Member Holonyms: ↑ …
22daddy longlegs — noun 1. long legged slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite • Syn: ↑crane fly • Hypernyms: ↑dipterous insect, ↑two winged insects, ↑dipteran, ↑dipteron • Member Holonyms: ↑ …
23Diptera — noun 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 • Syn: ↑order Diptera • Derivationally related forms: ↑dipterous • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • …
24dipteran — n. & adj. n. a dipterous insect. adj. = DIPTEROUS 1. Etymology: mod.L diptera f. Gk diptera neut. pl. of dipterous two winged (as DI (2), pteron wing) * * * noun insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the… …
25dipterous insect — noun 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 • Syn: ↑two winged insects, ↑dipteran, ↑dipteron… …
26fruit fly — noun any of numerous small insects whose larvae feed on fruits • Syn: ↑pomace fly • Hypernyms: ↑dipterous insect, ↑two winged insects, ↑dipteran, ↑dipteron • Hyponyms: ↑ …
27gall gnat — noun fragile mosquito like flies that produce galls on plants • Syn: ↑gall midge, ↑gallfly • Hypernyms: ↑dipterous insect, ↑two winged insects, ↑dipteran, ↑dipteron • Hyponyms: ↑ …
28gall midge — noun fragile mosquito like flies that produce galls on plants • Syn: ↑gallfly, ↑gall gnat • Hypernyms: ↑dipterous insect, ↑two winged insects, ↑dipteran, ↑dipteron • Hyponyms: ↑ …
29gallfly — noun 1. small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants • Syn: ↑gall wasp, ↑cynipid wasp, ↑cynipid gall wasp • Hypernyms: ↑wasp • Member Holonyms: ↑Cynipidae, ↑ …
30haltere — noun either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight • Syn: ↑halter, ↑balancer • Derivationally related forms: ↑balance (for: ↑balancer) • Hypernyms: ↑ …
