Word Meanings - POISER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The balancer of dipterous insects.

Related words: (words related to POISER)

• DIPTEROUS
  Having two wings, as certain insects; belonging to the order Diptera.
• BALANCER
  In Diptera, the rudimentary posterior wing. (more info) 1. One who balances, or uses a balance.
• BALANCEREEF
  The last reef in a fore-and-aft sail, taken to steady the ship.