Hypertext Webster Gateway: "balancer"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Balancer \Bal"an*cer\, n.
1. One who balances, or uses a balance.
2. (Zo["o]l.) In Diptera, the rudimentary posterior wing.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
balancer
n 1: an acrobat who balances himself in difficult positions
2: either of the club-like rudimentary hind wings of dipterous
insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight
[syn: {halter}, {haltere}]
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