dipter Entom.
(ˈdɪptə(r))
[ad. F. diptère (1791 in Hatz.-Darm.), L. dipter-us, a. Gr. δίπτερος two-winged, f. δι-, δίς twice + πτερόν wing.]
One of the Diptera; a two-winged fly.
| 1828 Webster s.v., The dipters are an order of insects having only two wings, and two poisers, as the fly. |