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Tony 1963
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 Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:29 pm Post subject: What is "laterae"? |
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Hi,
The following is a precise copy from a British book:
"This form of gyroscope occurs in nature as laterae in flying insects."
What is laterae?
Thanks.
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Mister Micawber
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I don't have an entomological dictionary, but I suppose that laterae (sing. latera) are some sort of stabilizing device or organ of certain insects.
I cannot find the word in the online entonmological dictionaries, so it may be an archaic word.
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