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distiflagella

distiflagella is the plural of distiflagellum.

Meaning of distiflagellum

Noun

distiflagellum (plural distiflagella)

  1. The portion of an insect's antenna that is farthest from the body; the outermost segment of the flagellum.
    • Antennae of first instar larvae comprised a smooth four-segmented basiflagellum and a seven-segmented, sensilla-rich distiflagellum. […] Annulus number and the unique annulation pattern of the distiflagellum remained constant until adulthood.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 distiflagella

What is distiflagella the plural of?
Distiflagella is the plural of distiflagellum.

Words near distiflagella in the dictionary

  1. distichous
  2. distichously
  3. distichs
  4. distie
  5. disties
  6. distiflagella
  7. distiflagellomere
  8. distiflagellomeres
  9. distiflagellum
  10. distigmine
  11. distil

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