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haltere

haltere

See also: haltère

English

A fly haltere (centre)

Noun

haltere (plural halteres)

  1. (entomology) A small knobbed structure in some two-winged insects, one of a pair that are flapped rapidly and function as accelerometers to maintain stability in flight.

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἁλτῆρες (haltêres, a type of dumbbell used in Ancient Greece).

Noun

haltere m (plural halteres)

  1. dumbbell (a weight with two disks attached to a short bar)

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