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HALTERE (halteres)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does haltere mean? 

HALTERE (noun)
  The noun HALTERE has 1 sense:

1. either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flightplay

  Familiarity information: HALTERE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HALTERE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

balancer; halter; haltere

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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