Look up: halteres

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   Halteres
   in ancient Greek athletics, lead or stone weights used by athletes in jumping events; used to increase jump distance, athletes held these telephone receiver or dumb bell shaped weights in their hands, ran forward, jumped swinging the weights, and released the halteres behind him at the end of the jump; halteres weighed between 1.6 to 4.6 kilograms, or 3.5 to 10.1 pounds.
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   Halteres
   Short-knobbed appendages of true flies; modified hind wings. Vestigial wing on the metathorax of a fly of the order Diptera; necessary for balance during flight.
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   Halteres
   Hal·te'res (hăl*tē'rēz) noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek 'alth^res weights used in jumping, from 'a`llesqai to leap.] (Zoology) Balancers; the rudimentary hind wings of Diptera.
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   halteres
   <zoology> Balancers; the rudimentary hind wings of Diptera. ... Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Weights used in jumping, fr. To leap. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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   Halteres
   `This article concerns insect anatomy. For halteres as used in ancient sports, see Halteres (ancient Greece) `Halteres` (; singular `halter` or `haltere`), also known as `balancers` or `poisers`, are small knobbed structures found as a pair in some two-winged insects; they are flapped rapidly to maintain stability when flying. Halteres are homologous to, and evolved from, insect wings. The ancestral insect species had two pairs of wings (like ...
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   Halteres
   • (n. pl.) Balancers; the rudimentary hind wings of Diptera.
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