HaltereWordNet Explorer
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noun
either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight
noun
a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
noun
insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing