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Answer for the clue "Used for maintaining equilibrium during flight ", 7 letters:
haltere

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n. (context entomology English) 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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n. either of the club-like rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight [syn: halter , balancer ]