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1. An extensive order of insects having only two functional wings and two balancers, as the house fly, mosquito, etc. They have a suctorial proboscis, often including two pairs of sharp organs (mandibles and maxillae) with which they pierce the skin of animals. They undergo a complete metamorphosis, their larvae (called maggots) being usually without feet. 2. a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies 
Related wordsanimal order asilidae bombyliidae calliphoridae cecidomyidae cuterebridae dipterous dipterous insect drosophilidae fly gasterophilidae glossinidae haematobia hippoboscidae insecta muscidae muscoidea nematocera oestridae simuliidae tabanidae tachinidae trypetidae |
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