Hyphenation of dipteran

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word dipteran? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

dipter-an

Definitions of dipteran:

1.	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

Synonyms of dipteran:

noun	dipterous insect, two-winged insects, dipteron, insect

Last hyphenations of this language

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