transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhȯl-ˌtir, ˈhal- ]
noun
( plural hal·teres ˈhȯl-ˌtirz, ˈhal-; hȯl-ˈtir-ēz, hal-)
Etymology: New Latin halter, from Latin, jumping weight, from Greek haltēr, from hallesthai to leap — more at sally
Date: circa 1823
: one of a pair of club-shaped organs in a dipteran fly that are the modified second pair of wings and function as sensory flight stabilizers