单词 | dipterous |
释义 | dipterous, a.|ˈdɪptərəs| [f. mod.L. dipter-us (see dipter) + -ous.] 1. Entom. Two-winged; of, pertaining to, or of the nature of the Diptera.
1773White in Phil. Trans. LXIV. 201 They..are greatly..annoyed by a large dipterous insect. 1802Bingley Anim. Biog. (1813) I. 48 Dipterous insects..are those having only two wings, each furnished at its base with a poise or balancer. 1816Kirby & Sp. Entomol. (1843) II. 304 The noisiest wings belong to insects of the dipterous order. 1874Lubbock Orig. & Met. Ins. i. 24 Smooth ovate bodies, much resembling ordinary dipterous pupae. 2. Bot. Having two wing-like appendages or processes, as certain fruits, seeds, etc.
1851–60Mayne Expos. Lex., Dipterus..having two wings: dipterous. Bot. Applied to a pericarp when it has lateral appendages like wings. 1866in Treas. Bot. |

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