balancer : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: balancer	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for balancer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
balancer n an acrobat who balances himself in difficult positions either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight Synonym(s): halter, haltere, balancer
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Balancer \Bal"an*cer\, n. 1. One who balances, or uses a balance. 2. (Zo[94]l.) In Diptera, the rudimentary posterior wing.