Calypter

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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