dipteran n 1: 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 [syn: {dipterous insect}, {two-winged insects}, {dipteran}, {dipteron}]
Dipteran \Dip"ter*an\, n. (Zool.) An insect of the order Diptera. [1913 Webster]