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Diptera n. pl. (Zool.) An extensive order of insects having only two functional wings and two balancers, as the house fly, mosquito, etc. They have a suctorial proboscis, often including two pairs of sharp organs (mandibles and maxillae) with which they pierce the skin of animals. They undergo a complete metamorphosis, their larvae (called maggots) being usually without feet.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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Words linked to "Diptera" : superfamily Muscoidea, suborder Nematocera, family Cecidomyidae, Trypetidae, Calliphoridae, family Calliphoridae, family Simuliidae, Nematocera, Gasterophilidae, family Cuterebridae, family Asilidae, animal order, Haematobia, Simuliidae, family Drosophilidae, class Insecta, family Oestridae, order Diptera, Hippoboscidae, Trephritidae, family Gasterophilidae, Oestridae, class Hexapoda, Bombyliidae, family Muscidae, genus Haematobia, fly, family Trephritidae, family Trypetidae, family Glossinidae, Hexapoda, Cuterebridae