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dipterons

dipterons is the plural of dipteron.

Meaning of dipteron

Noun

dipteron (plural diptera)

  1. Any fly of the taxonomic order Diptera.
    • The next species of Diptera are two female specimens of Trichomyia, bred about the end of May, following which is a dipteron new to the British list, Brachycoma erratica, Mgn., of the family Tachinidæ, kindly identified with the other Diptera of our cherry stump, by Dr. Meade, of Bradford, who has...1895, C. J. Watkins, “The Denizens of an Old Cherry Tree, With Notes of its Surroundings”, in The Journal of Microscopy and Natural Science, volume 14, page 9

Questions about dipterons

What is dipterons the plural of?
Dipterons is the plural of dipteron.

Words near dipterons in the dictionary

  1. dipterological
  2. dipterologist
  3. dipterologists
  4. dipterology
  5. dipteron
  6. dipterons
  7. dipterophagous
  8. dipteros
  9. dipterose
  10. dipterous
  11. Diptford

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