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haltere
(encz) | haltere, n: |
haltere
(wn) | haltere
n 1: either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects;
used for maintaining equilibrium during flight [syn:
halter, haltere, balancer] |
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Haltered
(gcide) | Halter \Hal"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Haltered (-t[~e]rd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Haltering.]
To tie by the neck with a rope, strap, or halter; to put a
halter on; to subject to a hangman's halter. "A haltered
neck." --Shak.
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Halteres
(gcide) | Halteres \Hal*te"res\ (h[a^]l*t[=e]"r[=e]z), n. pl. [NL., fr.
Gr. "alth^res weights used in jumping, fr. "a`llesqai to
leap.] (Zool.)
Balancers; the rudimentary hind wings of Diptera.
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Pseudohalteres
(gcide) | Pseudohalter \Pseu`do*hal"ter\, n.; pl. Pseudohalteres. [NL.
See Pseudo-, and Halteres.] (Zool.)
One of the rudimentary front wings of certain insects
(Stylops). They resemble the halteres, or rudimentary hind
wings, of Diptera.
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