单词 | prehalter |
释义 | prehaltern. Entomology. rare. Originally: †(in a strepsipteran) a pseudohalter (cf. pseudelytron n. at pseudo- comb. form 2) (obsolete). Later: (in a dipteran fly) a membranous scale or minute appendage anterior to the halter. Usually in plural. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > member of > parts of > halteres > membranous scale in front of halteres tegula1826 prehalter1840 1838 J. O. Westwood Entomologist's Text Bk. 285 Pseudhalteres (præhalteres, Latreille).] 1840 J. O. Westwood Introd. Mod. Classif. Insects II. 292 These organs have been termed prébalanciers, præhalteres, pseudhalteres, pseudelytra, or anterior wings. 2003 Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 46 195 Many of their characters are similar to extant Ptychopteridae, among them the presence of [a] prehalter is the most interesting. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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