Noun: dipteron 'dip-tu,rón
- 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, lapping or piercing
"Mosquitoes are a well-known example of dipterons";
- dipterous insect, two-winged insects, dipteran
Derived forms: dipterons
Type of: insect
Part of: Diptera, order Diptera
Encyclopedia: Dipteron