HALTERE


Meaning of HALTERE in English

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

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