DIPTERAS Synonyms
There is 1 hypernym of the word dipteras. (close relations)
Definition of DIPTERAS
Best Alternative Words for DIPTERAS
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flies | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • (theater) the space over the stage (out of view of the audience) used to store scenery (drop curtains) | ||||||||
gnats | nounn | |||||||
noun • any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies • (British usage) mosquito | ||||||||
midges | nounn | |||||||
noun • minute two-winged mosquito-like fly lacking biting mouthparts; appear in dancing swarms especially near water | ||||||||
mosquitoes | nounn | |||||||
noun • A small flying insect of the family Culicidae, the females of which bite humans and animals and suck blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin, and sometimes carrying diseases like malaria and yellow fever. | ||||||||
two-winged insects | adjectiveadj | |||||||
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 | ||||||||
order diptera | nounn | |||||||
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 |