Hypertext Webster Gateway: "haltere"
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
haltere
n : either of the club-like rudimentary hind wings of dipterous
insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight
[syn: {halter}, {balancer}]
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