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Calyptratae

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Translingual

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Musca domestica

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Etymology

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From New Latin, from Ancient Greek κᾰλύπτρα (kalúptra, hood), from κᾰλύπτω (kalúptō, I cover).

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Calyptratae

  1. A taxonomic subsection within the order Diptera – flies that have a calypter that covers the halteres.

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