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Halters

a pair of club-shaped or flask-shaped organs in dipterous insects and male stylops that are the modified posterior or anterior wings. The halters are situated on the metathorax in dipterans and on the mesothorax in stylops. The base and head of the halters are equipped with a large number of sensory organs, or sensillae, which are particularly numerous in insects that fly well. When the halters are severed or immobilized, the insects lose their ability to fly or coordinate their movements.

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No references found			All are born with halters round their necks; but it is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn of death, that mortals realize the silent, subtle, ever-present perils of life. Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context Some of them were mounted on horses rudely caparisoned with bridles or halters of buffalo hide, one end trailing after them on the ground. Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context They had to lower themselves cautiously and slowly, from steep to steep; and, while they managed with difficulty to maintain their own footing, to aid their horses by holding on firmly to the rope halters, as the poor animals stumbled among slippery rocks, or slid down icy declivities. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context			halosere Halostachys halothane halotrichite Haloxylon Halperin, Moshe Leib Halpert, Edith Gregor Halphen, Louis Halprin, Lawrence Halq al-Wadi Hals Hals, Frans Halsey premium plan Halsey, William Halsey, William F, Jr. Halsey, William Frederick, Jr. Hälsingborg Halsted, William S Halsted, William Stewart Halston Halston, b. halt Halt and Catch Fire halter haltere Halters haltia halting problem Halton Halurgy Halvah Halvdan Koht halved joint halved splice halved-and-lapped notch halved-faced halving halving joint halyard Halychyna Halys Halysitidae ham Ham Noah ham radio ham sandwich Hama hamada Hamadan hamadryad hamadryads			halter classes halter classes Halter Marine Group, Inc. Halter monitor Halter top Halter Transportation Services halter twitch halter twitch halter twitch Halter USX China Index halter-neck halter-necks Halter-sack halter-top haltere haltere haltere haltered haltered haltered halteres halteres halteres haltering haltering haltering Haltern Haltern Haltern Halterneck Halters Haltertop Halti Haltia halting halting halting halting halting Halting predicate Halting problem haltingly haltingly Haltom City Police Department Haltom City Public Library Halton Halton Halton Agricultural Advisory Committee Halton Aircraft Apprentice Association Halton and Peel Professional Executive Network Halton Autistic Family Support Halton Catholic District School Board Halton Chamber of Commerce and Enterprise Halton Child and Youth Services Halton Community Housing Corporation Halton Community Rehabilitation Centre Halton County Baseball Association Halton District School Board Halton Furniture Makers Society

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