pulvillus
Americannoun
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pulvilli
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of pulvillus
1685–95; < Latin, diminutive of pulvīnus cushion
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John wants to know if the beetle's pulvillus does not act just like the "sucker" that boys make.
From The Insect Folk by Margaret Warner Morley
Extension sole: the pad-like pulvillus which may be extended by the extension plate through the pressure plate.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
Extension plate: a structure at the base of the pulvillus whose function it is to extend it.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
The little tarsus is like the tarsus of the hind leg with its claws and its pulvillus, only, of course, it is smaller.
From The Insect Folk by Margaret Warner Morley
The lower rim of the cup-like depression which terminates the tubercle and contains the pulvillus is sometimes slightly prolonged into a tooth, which in prismaticum becomes the sharp tip of the tubercle.
From North American Species of Cactus by John Merle Coulter
Tarsus -i: the foot; the jointed appendage attached at the apex of tibia. bearing the claws and pulvilli.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
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