单词 | dipterous |
释义 | dipterousadj. 1. Entomology. Two-winged; of, pertaining to, or of the nature of the Diptera n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [adjective] dipterous1773 dichopterous1869 1773 White in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 64 201 They..are greatly..annoyed by a large dipterous insect. 1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. III. 202 Dipterous insects..are those having only two wings, each furnished at its base with a poise or balancer. 1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1843) II. 304 The noisiest wings belong to insects of the dipterous order. 1874 J. Lubbock Orig. & Metamorphoses Insects i. 24 Smooth ovate bodies, much resembling ordinary dipterous pupae. 2. Botany. Having two wing-like appendages or processes, as certain fruits, seeds, etc. ΚΠ 1854 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 278/1 Dipterus..having two wings: dipterous. Bot. Applied to a pericarp when it has lateral appendages like wings. 1866 in J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1773 |
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