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Meanings of order Diptera in English

Catalan
dípters

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.

dípters
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Examples for "Diptera"
Examples for "Diptera"
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The flowers of Hottonia are cross-fertilised, according to Muller, chiefly by Diptera.
The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species
2
The most numerous were Machilis, Vitrina, Lithobius, Talitrus, some Diptera and beetles.
The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volum...
3
Perhaps the Diptera have their seasons of unusual multiplication and emigration.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881
4
Nobody likes to dwell under a perpetual drizzle of Diptera, dead or alive.
The new yorker
5
These consisted chiefly of Diptera, with some Hymenoptera, Homoptera, Coleoptera, and a moth.
Insectivorous Plants
Translations for order Diptera
Catalan
dípters