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pulvillus

[ puhl-vil-uhs ]

noun

, Entomology.
, plural pul·vil·li [puhl-, vil, -ahy].
  1. a soft, padlike structure located at the base of each claw on the feet of certain insects.


pulvillus

/ pʌlˈvɪləs /

noun

  1. a small pad between the claws at the end of an insect's leg
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pulvillus1

1685–95; < Latin, diminutive of pulvīnus cushion
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pulvillus1

C18: from Latin, from pulvīnulus, diminutive of pulvīnus cushion
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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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