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halteres

/hælˈtɪɹiːz/

halteres is the plural of haltere.

Meaning of haltere

Noun

haltere (plural halteres)

  1. A small knobbed structure in some two-winged insects, one of a pair that are flapped rapidly and function as accelerometers to maintain stability in flight.
    • Whenever the fly changes direction at an angle to the hinge, the shaking bends the halteres at their base and turns them into a gyroscope.2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 166

Origin of halteres

From Ancient Greek ἁλτῆρες (haltêres). See haltere.

Questions about halteres

What is halteres the plural of?
Halteres is the plural of haltere.
How do you pronounce halteres?
Halteres is pronounced /hælˈtɪɹiːz/.

Words near halteres in the dictionary

  1. halterbroke
  2. halterbroken
  3. haltere
  4. haltered
  5. haltered up
  6. halteres
  7. halteriid
  8. halteriids
  9. haltering
  10. haltering up
  11. halterini

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Adapted from Wiktionary: halteres (page history and authors); haltere (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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