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HALTERE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: halteres   

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight

Synonyms:

balancer; halter; haltere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("haltere" is a kind of...):

wing (a movable organ for flying (one of a pair))

Holonyms ("haltere" is a part of...):

dipteran; dipteron; dipterous insect; two-winged insects (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)

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