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Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly
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calypter
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WordNet
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n. scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly [syn: alula ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A calypter is either of two posterior lobes of the posterior margin of the forewing of flies between the extreme posterior wing base and the alula , which covers the halteres . The lower calypter is the proximal calypter (synonyms: squama (of some authors), ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context biology entomology English) Either of two posterior wing lobes that appear in dipteran fly of the subsection Calyptrata, and that cover the halteres.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
calypter \calypter\ n. (Zo["o]l.) a scalelike structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly. Syn: alula.
Usage examples of calypter.
The calypter is small and inconspicuous and the mesonotal suture incomplete, which is common in eye gnats, pomace or vinegar flies, but the wings are silent in flight.