dipterous insect (n)
two-winged insects (n)
dipteran (n)
dipteron (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 05
def 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
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Hypernym insect
Member holonym Diptera, order Diptera
Part meronym halter, haltere, balancer
Hyponym gall midge, gallfly, gall gnat; fly; robber fly, bee killer; fruit fly, pomace fly; louse fly, hippoboscid; mosquito; gnat; fungus gnat; fungus gnat, sciara, sciarid; crane fly, daddy longlegs
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Part holonym halter, haltere, balancer
Hyponym insect
Member meronym Diptera, order Diptera
Hypernym gall midge, gallfly, gall gnat; fly; robber fly, bee killer; fruit fly, pomace fly; louse fly, hippoboscid; mosquito; gnat; fungus gnat; fungus gnat, sciara, sciarid; crane fly, daddy longlegs

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