footstalk

[ foot-stawk ]

noun

, Botany, Zoology.

1. a pedicel; peduncle.

footstalk

/ ˈfʊtˌstɔːk /

noun

1. a small supporting stalk in animals and plants; a pedicel, peduncle, or pedicle

Word History and Origins

Origin of footstalk¹

First recorded in 1555–65; foot + stalk ¹

Example Sentences

These they strung upon a thread, taking care to pass the thread through that end nearest the footstalk.

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Another species of this family (Polistes gallica, Fig. 348) fixes its little nest by a footstalk to the stem of some plant.

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The eyes, the facettes of which are few in number, are placed on a footstalk, whence the name of the genus Stylops.

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The abdomen is small, sharply pointed, and placed on a long footstalk.

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The head is large, and squared, and the abdomen is attached to the thorax by a large footstalk.

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