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dipterous insect

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  1. 1. 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 Source: wordnet

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pairadaptedanteriorfunctionalinsectsknobbedlappingmouthpartspiercingposteriorreducedsinglesmallstructuressuckingwings

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dipteradipteraldipterandipterocarpDipterocarpaceaedipterocarpsdipterocarpus

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