brancher

noun

1. That which shoots forth branches; one who shows growth in various directions.
2. That which branches, or jumps to another instruction location within a program.

   “None of the brancher instructions have any effect whatsoever on any flags; instead, they are the instructions which look at the flags.”

   “This is pretty typical for a C-written brancher.”

3. A young owl or other raptor that is just too young to fly.

   ““What, ho! sir knave,” exclaimed Roland, “is it thus you feed the eyasse with unwashed meat, as if you were gorging the foul brancher of a worthless hoodie-crow, by the mass?[…]””