footstalk

[ foot-stawk ]

nounBotany, Zoology.

a pedicel; peduncle.

Origin of footstalk

First recorded in 1555–65; foot + stalk¹

Words Nearby footstalk

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How to use footstalk in a sentence

These they strung upon a thread, taking care to pass the thread through that end nearest the footstalk.
Popular Adventure Tales | Mayne Reid
Another species of this family (Polistes gallica, Fig. 348) fixes its little nest by a footstalk to the stem of some plant.
The Insect World | Louis Figuier
The eyes, the facettes of which are few in number, are placed on a footstalk, whence the name of the genus Stylops.
The Insect World | Louis Figuier
The abdomen is small, sharply pointed, and placed on a long footstalk.
Insect Architecture | James Rennie
The head is large, and squared, and the abdomen is attached to the thorax by a large footstalk.
Insect Architecture | James Rennie

British Dictionary definitions for footstalk

footstalk

/ (ˈfʊtˌstɔːk) /

noun

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

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