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Meaning Of Diptera
n. pl.
An extensive order of insects having only two
functional wings and two balancers, as the house fly, mosquito, etc.
They have a suctorial proboscis, often including two pairs of sharp
organs (mandibles and maxillae) with which they pierce the skin of
animals. They undergo a complete metamorphosis, their larvae (called
maggots) being usually without feet.