[ˈdɪpt(ə)rə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a large order of insects that comprises the two-winged or true flies, which have the hindwings reduced to form balancing organs (halteres). It includes many biting forms such as mosquitoes and tsetse flies that are vectors of disease


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Origin:
modern Latin (plural), from Greek diptera, neuter plural of dipteros ‘two-winged’, from di- ‘two’ + pteron ‘wing’