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