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haltere
haltere
See also: haltère
English
A fly haltere (centre)
Noun
haltere (plural halteres)
- (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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haltere
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἁλτῆρες (haltêres, “a type of dumbbell used in Ancient Greece”).
Noun
haltere m (plural halteres)
- dumbbell (a weight with two disks attached to a short bar)
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Derived terms
- halterofilia
- halterofilismo
- halterofilista