Usually means: Membrane covering base of wings.
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▸ noun:  (biology, entomology) Either of two rounded lobes at the posterior base of the wing in many true flies.

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alula, calyptra, calyptopis, calyptera, calycophyll, calyptope, calyculus, cornicle, arolium, calyx, more...

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