order diptera

1. 1.

   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

   SynonymsDiptera

   Broaderanimal order

   Part ofInsecta

Questions about order diptera

What does order diptera mean?

order diptera means "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".

What is another word for order diptera?

Close synonyms include Diptera. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.