diptère

Definitions of diptère
  1. noun
    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
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    mouche
    two-winged insects characterized by active flight
    moustique
    two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals
    moucheron
    any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies
    cousin, tipule
    long-legged slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite
    mouche domestique
    common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases
    mouche tsé-tsé
    bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc.
    mouche piqueuse
    any of various large flies that annoy livestock
    moustique
    (British usage) mosquito
    moucheron
    minute two-winged mosquito-like fly lacking biting mouthparts; appear in dancing swarms especially near water
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    insecte
    small air-breathing arthropod
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