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单词 prehalter
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prehaltern.

Brit. /priːˈhɔːltə/, /priːˈhɒltə/, U.S. /priˈhɔltər/, /priˈhɑltər/
Inflections: Plural prehalteres.
Forms: 1800s praehalter, 1800s– prehalter.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin praehalteres.
Etymology: Originally in plural in form praehalteres < scientific Latin praehalteres ( Latreille Cours d'entomologie (1831) 242) prae- pre- prefix + halteres halteres n.; subsequently also in inferred singular form prehalter.
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.
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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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