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Instead, the flies sense change with two biological gyroscopes called halteres.

From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2014

The Greeks probably started from a standstill and swung handheld weights, known as halteres, to provide momentum on takeoff and allow them to extend their feet farther forward on landing.

From Slate • Jul. 31, 2012

If both halteres are removed, the insect loses its sense of equilibrium, goes into a spin, crashes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Just behind the trailing edge of each wing they had "halteres": small rods with round balls on their ends.

From Time Magazine Archive

Immediately behind the wings of flies two curious knobbed organs are to be observed; these are considered to be rudimentary hinder wings by entomologists, and are called the halteres.

From The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals by Weir, James