DIPTER, DIPTERA, noun [Gr., a wing.] The dipters are an order of insects having only two wings, and two poisers, as the fly.
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Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
DIPTER, DIPTERA, noun [Gr., a wing.] The dipters are an order of insects having only two wings, and two poisers, as the fly.
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