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Definition of diptera

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

Similar Words: Diptera, order Diptera

Member Meronyms: Insecta, class Insecta, Hexapoda, class Hexapoda

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