dipterous

/dip-ter-uhs/US // ˈdɪp tər əs //UK // (ˈdɪptərəs) //

偶发性的,偶发性,偶发的,偶蹄类

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : Entomology. belonging or pertaining to the order Diptera, comprising the houseflies, mosquitoes, and gnats, characterized by a single, anterior pair of membranous wings with the posterior pair reduced to small, knobbed structures.
- : Botany. having two winglike appendages, as seeds or stems.

They are not to be found in the larv of many Dipterous insects, and perhaps in some species belonging to other orders.
Claws nearly similar are found on the prolegs of some Dipterous larv, but not in any of those of the other orders.
More than one expedition has failed on account of this dipterous fly.
Its food consists principally of gnats and other dipterous insects.
The changes in question (Dipterous larv) go still further and are more profound.