[bal-uh
n-ser] 
| 1. | a person or thing that balances. |
| 2. | Entomology. halter 2 . |
| 3. | an acrobat, rope-dancer, or tumbler. |
[hal-ter] [hal-teer-eez] . | one of a pair of slender, club-shaped appendages on the hindmost body segment of a fly, serving to maintain its balance in flight. |
| bal·anc·er (bāl'ən-sər) n.
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| hal·ter 2 (hôl'tər, hāl'-) n. pl. hal·ter·es (-tîr'ēz) Either of the small, clublike balancing organs that are the rudimentary hind wings of flies and other dipterous insects. Also called balancer. [Latin haltēr, lead weights used in leaping exercises, from sing. of Greek haltēres, from hallesthai, to jump; see sel- in Indo-European roots.] |