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embolium

embolium noun: a narrow piece separating the costa and corium in certain insects of the suborder Heteroptera.

Noun

embolium (plural embolia)

  1. A narrow piece separating the costa and corium in certain insects of the suborder Heteroptera.
    • Hemelytral membranes small, not reaching apex of abdomen; costal margin of embolium rather evenly arcuate, hardly ampliate toward base. Connexivum well exposed, segmental angles rectilinear, not at all produced.1965 September, Herbert Ruckes, “Several New Genera and Species of Discocephaline Pentatomids (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)”, in Journal of the New York Entomological Society, volume LXXIII, number 3...

Forms of embolium

pluralembolia

Origin of embolium

From New Latin embolium, from Ancient Greek ἐμβόλιον (embólion, “insertion”).

Questions about embolium

What does embolium mean?
Embolium means a narrow piece separating the costa and corium in certain insects of the suborder Heteroptera.
What part of speech is embolium?
Embolium is a noun.
What is the plural of embolium?
The plural of embolium is embolia.

Words near embolium in the dictionary

  1. embolismical
  2. embolisms
  3. embolismus
  4. embolistic
  5. embolite
  6. embolium
  7. embolization
  8. embolizations
  9. embolize
  10. embolized
  11. embolizes

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