Definition of "diptera" []

• 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 maxillæ) with which they pierce the skin of animals. They undergo a complete metamorphosis, their larvæ (called maggots) being usually without feet. (noun-plural)

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• "You think politics are about being a diptera, buzzing around bothering people by regurgitating what some country club republican addict has people write for him?"
• "I theorize that it may involve being bitten by a rare insect, diptera novelis, but have no proof at this time to substantiate my findings."
• "The mosquitoes of Loreto have a deserved reputation for driving away such visitors as do not care to leave much of their blood with the redoubtable diptera."