Associations to the word «Calypter»

Adjective

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Wiktionary

CALYPTER, noun. (biology) (entomology) Either of two posterior wing lobes that appear in dipteran flies of the subsection Calyptrata, and that cover the halteres.

Dictionary definition

CALYPTER, noun. Scalelike structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.

Wise words

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