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altered
altered
adj 1: changed in form or character without becoming something
else; "the altered policy promised success";
"following an altered course we soon found ourselves
back in civilization"; "he looked...with couded eyes
and with an altered manner of breathing"- Charles
Dickens [ant: {unaltered}]
2: having testicles or ovaries removed [syn: {neutered}]
3: changed in order to improve or made more fit for a
particular purpose; "seeds precisely adapted to the area";
"instructions altered to suit the children's different
ages" [syn: {adapted}]
halteres
halter
n 1: rope or canvas headgear for a horse, with a rope for leading
[syn: {hackamore}]
2: a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have
been condemned to death by hanging [syn: {hangman's rope},
{hangman's halter}, {hemp}, {hempen necktie}]
3: a woman's top that fastens behind the back and neck leaving
the back and arms uncovered
4: either of the club-like rudimentary hind wings of dipterous
insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight
[syn: {haltere}, {balancer}]
v 1: hang with a halter
2: prevent the progress or free movement of; "He was hampered
in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperilist nation
wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small
countries" [syn: {hamper}, {cramp}, {strangle}]
[also: {halteres} (pl)]
halteres
See {halter}
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