dipterous insect

Noun dipterous insect has 1 sense

• dipterous insect(n = noun.animal) dipteran, dipteron, two-winged insects - 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;
has parts: balancer, halter, haltere
is a kind of insect
is a member of diptera, order diptera
has particulars: gall gnat, gall midge, gallfly, fly, bee killer, robber fly, fruit fly, pomace fly, hippoboscid, louse fly, mosquito, gnat, fungus gnat, fungus gnat, sciara, sciarid, crane fly, daddy longlegs