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haltere
noun
(hal-tere)
one of a pair of club-shaped organs in a dipteran fly that are the modified second pair of wings and function as sensory flight stabilizers
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balancer
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dermopteran
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brachypterous
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micropterous
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pterostigma
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neuropterous
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proleg
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wing
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hemelytron
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cercopod
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parapterum
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tripterous
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ocellus
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ocellary
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elytron
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forelimb
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wingfish
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biocellate
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tetrapterous
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aligerous
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dipteral
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forewing
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metathorax
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chelicera
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macropterous
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flight feather
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postscutellum
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trochantine
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alisphenoid
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vertical tail
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carpometacarpus
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epimeron
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appendicle
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bicalcarate
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uropygium
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pygostyle
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calamistrum
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bastard wing
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metasternum
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parapleura
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propodium
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baenomere
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stirrup bone
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pharyngobranchial
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notopodium
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pseudobranchia
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cercus
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podobranch
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prophragma
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amphid
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vertebrate foot
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pectoral girdle
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hemimetabolic
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metabranchial
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sarcel
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skeletal structure
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mesosternum
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palpiger
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impennate
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pessulus
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rubytail
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furculum
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holaspidean
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exaspidean
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hind
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aliferous
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epipodite
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pronotum
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atrocha
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arthromere
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thysanurous
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stipuled
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prothorax
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scutellum
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winglike
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reproductive structure
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underwing
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remex
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leptiform
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stipel
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rhabdite
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posticous
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nectary
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bipinnaria
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appendage
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second joint
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spineback
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sphaeridium
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axillar
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retinophora
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gigerium
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epibranchial
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appendicular skeleton
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mouthpart
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mesomyodous
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horizontal tail
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splenial
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rhabdom
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