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calypter

ca·lyp·ter

uncommon

noun

1.

scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly

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From New Latin calyptra, from Ancient Greek κᾰλύπτρα (kălúptra, “hood”), from κᾰλύπτω (kălúptō, “I cover”).

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