calypter
Meaning
Either of two rounded lobes at the posterior base of the wing in many true flies.
Etymology
From New Latin calyptra, from Ancient Greek κᾰλύπτρα (kalúptra, “hood”), from κᾰλύπτω (kalúptō, “I cover”).
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