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postpedicels

postpedicels is the plural of postpedicel.

Meaning of postpedicel

Noun

postpedicel (plural postpedicels)

  1. The third segment of the antenna of a fly, distal to the pedicel.
    • ...at least the multisegmented arista is beyond the pedicel in addition to the large antennomere, and postpedicel is thus ambiguous and lacking in precision.2012 December 5, Wayne N. Mathis, Tadeusz Zatwarnicki, “A revision of the New World species of Gymnoclasiopa Hendel (Diptera: Ephydridae)”, in ZooKeys, volume 248, →DOI, pages 1–69

Questions about postpedicels

What is postpedicels the plural of?
Postpedicels is the plural of postpedicel.

Words near postpedicels in the dictionary

  1. postpatriarchy
  2. postpausal
  3. postpausally
  4. postpay
  5. postpedicel
  6. postpedicels
  7. postpelagic
  8. postpenal
  9. postpend
  10. postpended
  11. postpending

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