two-winged insects

two·win·ge·dinsects

uncommon

noun

1.

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

Synonyms

Related words

Broader terms

insect

Narrower terms

Parts

Diptera

Part of

halter

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Grammar

noun
singular	two-winged insects
plural	two-winged insectses

Nearby words

two-toed sloth two-way two-way street two-wheel two-wheeled two-wing flying fish two-year twofer twofold twopence

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