1. 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; [syn: Diptera, order Diptera]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
order Diptera
n 1: 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 [syn: Diptera,
order Diptera]