calypter

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

calypter
    n 1: scalelike structure between the base of the wing and the
         halter of a two-winged fly [syn: {alula}, {calypter}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

calypter \calypter\ n. (Zool.)
   a scalelike structure between the base of the wing and the
   halter of a two-winged fly.

   Syn: alula.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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