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Yes, haltere is playable

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"Haltere" Definition

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.
Source: Wiktionary
One of a pair of club-shaped organs in a dipteran fly that are the modified second pair of wings and function as sensory flight stabilizers.

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