Halteres /(hăl*tē"rēz)/

Hal·te·res

Halteres

n. pl.

[NL., fr. Gr. "alth^res weights used in jumping, fr. "a`llesqai to leap.]

Balancers; the rudimentary hind wings of Diptera. (Zool.)

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