order_diptera
1. [ noun ] (biology,zoology) 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
Synonyms: Diptera
Related terms: animal_order Insecta fly Glossinidae Muscoidea Cecidomyidae Asilidae Calliphoridae Tachinidae Gasterophilidae Oestridae Cuterebridae Bombyliidae Tabanidae Muscidae Trypetidae Drosophilidae Hippoboscidae Haematobia Nematocera Simuliidae dipterous_insect
Similar spelling:   order_Hemiptera
  order_Embioptera
  order_Isoptera
  order_mecoptera
  order_Dinocerata
  order_Neuroptera
  order_Coleoptera
  order_Chiroptera
  order_Psocoptera
  order_Plecoptera
  order_Piperales
  order_Tuberales
  order_Dicranales
  order_Therapsida
  order_Protura
  order_Cydippea
  order_Anoplura
  order_Ericales
  order_paper
  order_Cydippida
  order_Pedipalpi
  order_Batrachia
  order_Orthoptera
  order_Anura
  order_Dermaptera
  order_Geraniales
  order_Xiphosura
  order_of_the_day
  order_Parietales
  order_Amphipoda
  order_Arales
  order_Cetacea
  order_Cestida
  order_Notostraca
  order_Dermoptera
  order_Cydippidea
  order_taxales
  order_code
  order_Araneae
  order_Gnetales
  order_Isopoda
  order_Myrtales
  order_Ranales
  order_Raptores
  order_Testacea
  order_Decapoda
  order_Charales
  order_Proteales
  order_Araneida
  order_Urticales
  order_Actinaria