pseudohaltere
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English
Etymology
Noun
pseudohaltere (plural pseudohalteres)
- (zoology) One of the club-like front wings of certain insects (stylops), resembling the halteres, or rudimentary hind wings, of Diptera.
References
- “pseudohalter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.