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calypter

The English word “calypter” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. Either of two rounded lobes at the posterior base of the wing in many true flies.

Etymology

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

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