HALTERES

Meaning of HALTERES in English

n.pl. the balancing-organs of dipterous insects. [Gk, = weights used to aid leaping f. hallomai to leap]

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HALTERES — (n. pl.) Balancers; the rudimentary hind wings of Diptera.
Английский словарь Webster
HALTERES — ( n. pl. ) Balancers; the rudimentary hind wings of Diptera.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HALTERES — noun ·pl balancers; the rudimentary hind wings of diptera.
Webster English vocab
HALTERES — [ hal'tɪəz ] ■ plural noun Entomology a pair of knobbed filaments that replace the hindwings of a two-winged fly …
Concise Oxford English vocab
HALTERES — n.pl. the balancing-organs of dipterous insects. [ Gk, = weights used to aid leaping f. hallomai to leap ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HALTERES — n.pl. the balancing-organs of dipterous insects. Etymology: Gk, weights used to aid leaping f. hallomai to leap
Oxford English vocab
TWO-WINGED FLY — noun : an imaginal insect of the order Diptera having typically a single pair of wings and halteres instead of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PSEUDOHALTER — (n.) One of the rudimentary front wings of certain insects (Stylops). They resemble the halteres, or rudimentary hind wings, of …
Английский словарь Webster
PSEUDOHALTER — ( n. ) One of the rudimentary front wings of certain insects (Stylops). They resemble the halteres, or rudimentary hind …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HALTER — halter 1 — halterlike , adj. /hawl"teuhr/ , n. 1. a rope or strap with a noose or headstall for …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FLY — I. ˈflī verb ( flew ˈflü ; flown ˈflōn ; fly·ing ) Etymology: Middle English flien, from Old English flēogan; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PSEUDOHALTER — noun one of the rudimentary front wings of certain insects (stylops). they resemble the halteres, or rudimentary hind wings, of …
Webster English vocab
DIPTERAN ENTOMOLOGY — dipteran Entomology [ 'dɪpt(ə)r(ə)n ] ■ noun an insect of the large order Diptera, comprising the two-winged or true flies, …
Concise Oxford English vocab
FLY — [fly] vb flew ; flown ; fly.ing [ME flien, fr. OE fleogan; akin to OHG fliogan to fly and prob. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FLY
Britannica English vocabulary
DIPTERAN — any member of the insect order Diptera, the two-winged or so-called true flies. Although many winged insects are commonly called …
Britannica English vocabulary
HALTER — _I 1. ʹhɔ:ltə n 1. повод, недоуздок 2. 1> верёвка на виселице, удавка to come to the halter - попасть …
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HALTER — _I 1. ʹhɔ:ltə n 1. повод, недоуздок 2. 1> верёвка на виселице, удавка to come to the halter - попасть …
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