balancer vs haltere

balancer

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

  • An acrobat. 

  • One who, or that which, balances. 

haltere

noun
  • 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. 

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