pseudohaltere

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noun

One of the club-like front wings of certain insects (stylops), resembling the halteres, or rudimentary hind wings, of Diptera.

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Meanings

nounpseudohaltere (plural pseudohalteres)

plural pseudohalteres

  1. biologyOne of the club-like front wings of certain insects (stylops), resembling the halteres, or rudimentary hind wings, of Diptera.

Origin

From pseudo- + haltere.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

pseudoleather
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APA

pseudohaltere. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudohaltere

MLA

“pseudohaltere.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudohaltere. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pseudohaltere,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudohaltere.

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