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dipterists

dipterists is the plural of dipterist.

Meaning of dipterist

Noun

dipterist (plural dipterists)

  1. An entomologist who specializes in the order Diptera (true flies).
    • It must be very gratifying to Mr. Walker to hear the dictum of the great Dipterist of Posen, Professor Loew, that the arrangement “adopted by Mr. Walker is one of the best, or even the best, systematic arrangement of the Diptera that has yet been proposed."1857, Henry Tibbats Stainton (editor), Review of Francis Walker, Insecta Britannica - Diptera, Volume 3, in The Entomologist's Annual, page 170
    Synonyms:
    dipterologist

Questions about dipterists

What is dipterists the plural of?
Dipterists is the plural of dipterist.

Words near dipterists in the dictionary

  1. diptericins
  2. dipterid
  3. dipteridaceous
  4. dipterids
  5. dipterist
  6. dipterists
  7. dipterocarp
  8. dipterocarpaceous
  9. dipterocarpacious
  10. dipterocarpous
  11. dipterocarps

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