Calypter Definition

noun

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

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Singular:
calypter
Plural:
calypters

Origin of Calypter

  • From New Latin, from Ancient Greek [script?] (kaluptra, “hood”), from [script?] (kaluptein, “to cover”).

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