Häl'te-rēs, n. pl.
n. pl. [Lat., Gr. ἀλτῆρες, dumb-bells, from ἅλλεσθαι, to leap.] (Entom.) Two movable appendages placed one on each side of the thorax, just back of the wings of two-winged insects, as flies, and the like.
n. pl. [Lat., Gr. ἀλτῆρες, dumb-bells, from ἅλλεσθαι, to leap.] (Entom.) Two movable appendages placed one on each side of the thorax, just back of the wings of two-winged insects, as flies, and the like.