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basiflagella

basiflagella is the plural of basiflagellum.

Meaning of basiflagellum

Noun

basiflagellum (plural basiflagella)

  1. The portion of an insect's antenna that lies between the pedicel and the distiflagellum; the first segment of the flagellum.
    • Antennae of first instar larvae comprised a smooth four-segmented basiflagellum and a seven-segmented, sensilla-rich distiflagellum. Lengthening of the basiflagellum was achieved by the addition of two annuli per moult, generated by division of the basal annulus (meriston).2009 March, Dorit Hockman, Mike D. Picker, Klaus-Dieter Klass, Leonie Pretorius, “Postembryonic development of the unique antenna of Mantophasmatodea (Insecta)”, in Arthropod Structure & Development...

Questions about basiflagella

What is basiflagella the plural of?
Basiflagella is the plural of basiflagellum.

Words near basiflagella in the dictionary

  1. basified
  2. basifier
  3. basifiers
  4. basifies
  5. basifixed
  6. basiflagella
  7. basiflagellar
  8. basiflagellum
  9. basifugal
  10. basify
  11. basifying

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