haltere

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hal·ter¹

(hôl′tər)

1. A device made of rope or straps that fits around the head of an animal and is used to lead or secure the animal.

2. Archaic

a. A rope with a noose used for execution by hanging.

b. Death or execution by hanging.

3. A garment having a front supported by a strap or straps running behind the neck, leaving the arms, shoulders, and back bare.

adj.

Of, relating to, or being a garment having a front that is supported by a strap or straps running behind the neck: a halter dress.

tr.v. hal·tered, hal·ter·ing, hal·ters

1. To put a halter on.

2. To control with or as if with a halter.

3. Archaic To hang (someone).

[Middle English, from Old English hælftre.]

hal·ter²

(hôl′tər, hăl′-) or hal·ter·e (hôl′tîr′ē, hăl′-)

n. pl. hal·ter·es (-tîr′ēz)

Either of the small, clublike balancing organs that are the rudimentary hind wings of flies. Also called balancer.

[Latin haltēr, lead weights used in leaping exercises, from sing. of Greek haltēres, from hallesthai, to jump; see sel- in Indo-European roots.]

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haltere

(ˈhæltɪə) or

halter

n, pl halteres (hælˈtɪəriːz)

(Zoology) one of a pair of short projections in dipterous insects that are modified hind wings, used for maintaining equilibrium during flight. Also called: balancer

[C18: from Greek haltēres (plural) hand-held weights used as balancers or to give impetus in leaping, from hallesthai to leap]

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haltere - either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight

balancer, halter

wing - a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)

dipteran, dipteron, dipterous insect, two-winged insects - insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing

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A medium sized species, antennae, haltere and legs black, only "knees" yellowish, sensory bristles on body very reduced or absent.

Two new species of the Hilara maura-group (Diptera: Empididae) from Turkey

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Proposal of Karliella gen. n. for the Afrotropieal 'Pegomya' sexpunctata Karl, 1935 (Diptera: Anthomyiidae), a possible kleptoparasite of dung-breeding beetles

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