Word: dipterans
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: dip
ter
ans
Definition: Plural of dipteran; 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
Morphemes:
Affix: dipteran
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: An insect of the large order Diptera; a fly.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: δι-
Language: grc
Decoded: di-
Meaning: two
Affix: πτερόν
Language: grc
Decoded: pteron
Meaning: feather, wing
Affix: -ος
Language: grc
Decoded: -os
Meaning: adjectival suffix
Affix: -an
Language: en
Decoded: -an
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Appended to nouns to form an agent noun.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).