calypter

Senso (Inglese)

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

sinonimi

alula

squama

Etimologia (Inglese)

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