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Diptera n. pl. (Zool.) An extensive order of insects having only two functional wings and two balancers, as the house fly, mosquito, etc. They have a suctorial proboscis, often including two pairs of sharp organs (mandibles and maxillae) with which they pierce the skin of animals. They undergo a complete metamorphosis, their larvae (called maggots) being usually without feet.

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Words linked to "Diptera" : superfamily Muscoidea, family Trephritidae, family Calliphoridae, Calliphoridae, Gasterophilidae, family Simuliidae, Simuliidae, genus Haematobia, dipterous insect, family Cecidomyidae, family Gasterophilidae, family Oestridae, Drosophilidae, family Bombyliidae, Tachinidae, Asilidae, family Drosophilidae, family Trypetidae, Trephritidae, family Tachinidae, family Cuterebridae, class Hexapoda, order Diptera, family Tabanidae, family Glossinidae, dipterous, Insecta, Cecidomyidae, dipteran, family Muscidae, Hippoboscidae, Cuterebridae, Trypetidae, Glossinidae, Bombyliidae, Tabanidae, family Asilidae, fly, Hypodermatidae