Dipteran \Dip"ter*an\, n. (Zo["o]l.) An insect of the order Diptera.
dipteran
n : 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}, {dipteron}]