DIPTERUS

Meaning of DIPTERUS in English

noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek dipteros having two wings

: a genus of Devonian dipnoan fishes of Scotland and America having ganoid scales, two short dorsal fins, and a heterocercal tail

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

DIPTERUS — genus of very primitive lungfish, among the earliest known, found as fossils in European and North American Devonian rocks (the …
Britannica English vocabulary
DIPTEROUS — ˈdipt(ə)rəs adjective Etymology: New Latin dipterus, from Greek dipteros having two wings 1. : having two wings or winglike appendages …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CTENODIPTERINI — |tenōˌdiptəˈrīˌnī noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from cteno- (from Ctenodus ) + Dipterus + -ini in some classifications …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DIPTEROUS — /dip"teuhr euhs/ , adj. 1. Entomol. belonging or pertaining to the order Diptera, comprising the houseflies, mosquitoes, and gnats, characterized …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DIPTEROUS — adj. 1 (of an insect) of the order Diptera, having two membranous wings, e.g. the fly, gnat, or mosquito. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DIPTEROUS — adj. 1 (of an insect) of the order Diptera, having two membranous wings, e.g. the fly, gnat, or mosquito. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DIPTEROUS — adj.1 (of an insect) of the order Diptera, having two membranous wings, e.g. the fly, gnat, or mosquito. 2 Bot. …
Oxford English vocab

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