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circumfilum

circumfilum noun: a thread-like sensory organ found on nodes of the antennae of some midges in family Cecidomyiidae.

Noun

circumfilum (plural circumfila)

  1. A thread-like sensory organ found on nodes of the antennae of some midges in family Cecidomyiidae.
    • That circumfilum is bandlike on the first five flagellomeres but absent beyond.1993 June, Raymond J. Gagné, Fred D. Bennett, “Two New Species of Lestodiplosini (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Preying on Homoptera and Thysanoptera in Southern Florida”, in The Florida Entomologist...

Forms of circumfilum

pluralcircumfila

Origin of circumfilum

Equivalent to circum- + filum.

Questions about circumfilum

What does circumfilum mean?
Circumfilum means a thread-like sensory organ found on nodes of the antennae of some midges in family Cecidomyiidae.
What part of speech is circumfilum?
Circumfilum is a noun.
What is the plural of circumfilum?
The plural of circumfilum is circumfila.

Words near circumfilum in the dictionary

  1. circumfers
  2. circumfetishism
  3. circumfetishist
  4. circumfetishists
  5. circumfila
  6. circumfilum
  7. circumfix
  8. circumfixal
  9. circumfixation
  10. circumfixations
  11. circumfixed

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