Diopsis

noun

Di·​op·​sis

dīˈäpsə̇s

: 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

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from di- + -opsis

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