Dip'ter-ă, n. pl.

n. pl. [Gr. δίπτερος, with two wings, from δί, for δίς, double, and πτερόν, feather, wing, from πέτομαι, πέτασθαι, to fly; Fr. diptère.] (Entom.) An order of insects having only two wings, and two poisers, as the house-fly, mosquito, May-fly, &c.