Definition of Diopsis
:a genus of two-winged flies (group Acalyptrata) of the Old World tropics having the head produced into long lateral club-shaped projections bearing the antennae and eyes
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Diopsis
noun
Di·op·sis
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dīˈäpsə̇s
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Origin and Etymology of diopsis
New Latin, from di- + -opsis
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