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pulvillus
[ puhl-vil-uhs ]
noun
- a soft, padlike structure located at the base of each claw on the feet of certain insects.
pulvillus
/ ±èʱô˱¹Éª±ôɲõ /
noun
- a small pad between the claws at the end of an insect's leg
yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of pulvillus1
yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of pulvillus1
Example Sentences
Legs. d1 Coxa. d2 Trochanter. d3 Femur. d4 Tibia. d5 Tarsi. d6 Calcaria or Spurs. d7 Unguiculi or claws. d8 Pulvillus. e Front wing.
Pressure plate: a structure at base of pulvillus, which exerts a pressure on the sole of the pad.
Arolium -ia: cushion-like pads on the tarsi of many insects: one of the lobes of the pulvillus; in Orthoptera, used only for the terminal pad between the claws: see empodium; pulvillus; palmula; plantula; onychium, paronychium, pseudonychium.
Empodium: Diptera; the small process between the pulvilli: in Coleoptera; the bifid pseudotarsi between the claws: used also as = pulvillus; and see arolium, onychium, palmula, paronychium, plantula, pseudonychium and pulvillus.
Pad: the pulvillus, or that part of it which is capable of extension and retraction in some Coleoptera.
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