balancer

bal·anc·er  (bln-sr)

n.

1. One that balances.

2. See halter².

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balancer [ˈbælənsə]

n

1. a person or thing that balances

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) Entomol another name for haltere

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	balancer - an acrobat who balances himself in difficult positions acrobat - an athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination
	2.	balancer - either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight haltere, halter wing - a movable organ for flying (one of a pair) dipteran, dipteron, dipterous insect, two-winged insects - insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing