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.
Sinónimos
Examples for "Diptera"
Examples for "Diptera"
1The flowers of Hottonia are cross-fertilised, according to Muller, chiefly by Diptera.
2The most numerous were Machilis, Vitrina, Lithobius, Talitrus, some Diptera and beetles.
3Perhaps the Diptera have their seasons of unusual multiplication and emigration.
4Nobody likes to dwell under a perpetual drizzle of Diptera, dead or alive.
5These consisted chiefly of Diptera, with some Hymenoptera, Homoptera, Coleoptera, and a moth.
Translations for order Diptera