Dictionary entry

Halteres

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖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.