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Webster 1913 Edition

Halteres

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Hal-te′res

(hăl-tē′rēz)

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Noun.

pl.

[NL., fr. Gr.

ἁλτῆρεσ

weights used in jumping, fr.

ἄλλεσθαι

to leap.]

(Zool.)

Balancers; the rudimentary hind wings of Diptera.