Dipteran \Dip"ter*an\, n. (Zo["o]l.) An insect of the order Diptera.
dipteran n : insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing [syn: {dipterous insect}, {two-winged insects}, {dipteron}]