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sensilla

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sen⋅sil⋅lum

  [sen-sil-uhm]
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–noun, plural -la  [-luh] .
Zoology. a simple sense organ usually consisting of one or a few cells at the peripheral end of a sensory nerve fiber.
Origin:
< NL (1895), equiv. to L sēns-, ptp. s. of sentīre to sense + -ilum dim. suffix
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sen·sil·lum   (sěn-sĭl'əm)   
n.   pl. sen·sil·la (-sĭl'ə)
A simple sensory receptor consisting of one cell or a few cells, especially a hairlike epithelial cell projecting through the cuticle of arthropods.

[New Latin sēnsillum, diminutive of Latin sēnsus, sense; see sense.]
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