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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Having a double row of columns on all sides, as certain Greek temples.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In entom., having two wings only; dipterous.
  • In arch., consisting of or furnished with a double range of columns: said of a portico.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Zoöl.) Having two wings only; belonging to the order Diptera.
  • adjective (Anc. Arch.) Having a double row of columns on each on the flanks, as well as in front and rear; -- said of a temple.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Having two wings only.
  • adjective Belonging to the order of insects Diptera.
  • adjective Having a double row of columns on each on the flanks, as well as in front and rear, often said of a temple.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From Greek dipteros, temple with a double peristyle : di-, di- + pteron, feather, wing; see pet- in Indo-European roots.]

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