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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
calyptra , 1.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) a scalelike structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun scalelike structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly
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