Halteres

Language: English
Pronunciation: hal-teres
Part of Speech: noun

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

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