calypter

Signification (Anglais)

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

Synonymes

alula

squama

Étymologie (Anglais)

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