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Categories: Insect anatomy

halter haltere balancer halteres poiser

Either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight WordNet 3.0

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Either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Halteres are a pair of small club-shaped organs on the body of two orders of flying insects that provide information about body rotations during flight. Wikipedia

Singular halter, small organs found in some insects Wikipedia Disambiguation

pair of small club-shaped insect organs Wikidata

Any of the rear wings of certain insects used for stability in flight. Wiktionary

A small knobbed structure in some two-winged insects, one of a pair that are flapped rapidly and function as accelerometers to maintain stability in flight. Wiktionary

Small knobbed structure. Wiktionary (translation)

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wing

sensory nervous system

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WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

halter, haltere, balancer