Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One versed in the study of the Diptera; a collector of Diptera. Also
dipterologist .
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- noun an
entomologist who specializes in theDiptera order ofinsects
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Dr Robert Copeland and fellow dipterist Dr Ashley Kirk-Spriggs found the fly, known as
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