HALTERES

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‖Hal‐te″res (hăl‐tē″rēz), n. pl. [[NL., fr. Gr. αλτἡ̑ρεσ weights used in jumping, fr. ἅλλεσθαι to leap.]] (Zoöl.) Balancers; the rudimentary hind wings of Diptera.