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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
/ pʌlˈvɪləs /
noun
- a small pad between the claws at the end of an insect's leg
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Origin of pulvillus1
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Origin of pulvillus1
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Example Sentences
The little tarsus is like the tarsus of the hind leg with its claws and its pulvillus, only, of course, it is smaller.
Extension plate: a structure at the base of the pulvillus whose function it is to extend it.
Extension sole: the pad-like pulvillus which may be extended by the extension plate through the pressure plate.
Pad: the pulvillus, or that part of it which is capable of extension and retraction in some Coleoptera.
Plantula: a lobe of the divided tarsal pulvillus; one of the soles or climbing cushions of the foot: see arolium; pulviglus.
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