pulvillus

American  

[puhl-vil-uhs] / pʌlˈvɪl əs /

noun

Entomology.

plural

pulvilli

1. a soft, padlike structure located at the base of each claw on the feet of certain insects.

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pulvillus British  

/ pʌlˈvɪləs /

noun

1. a small pad between the claws at the end of an insect's leg

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Etymology

Origin of pulvillus

1685–95; < Latin, diminutive of pulvīnus cushion

Example Sentences

Legs. d1 Coxa. d2 Trochanter. d3 Femur. d4 Tibia. d5 Tarsi. d6 Calcaria or Spurs. d7 Unguiculi or claws. d8 Pulvillus. e Front wing.

From Project Gutenberg

Arolium -ia: cushion-like pads on the tarsi of many insects: one of the lobes of the pulvillus; in Orthoptera, used only for the terminal pad between the claws: see empodium; pulvillus; palmula; plantula; onychium, paronychium, pseudonychium.

From Project Gutenberg

Empodium: Diptera; the small process between the pulvilli: in Coleoptera; the bifid pseudotarsi between the claws: used also as = pulvillus; and see arolium, onychium, palmula, paronychium, plantula, pseudonychium and pulvillus.

From Project Gutenberg

Extension plate: a structure at the base of the pulvillus whose function it is to extend it.

From Project Gutenberg

Extension sole: the pad-like pulvillus which may be extended by the extension plate through the pressure plate.

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