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pulvillus

pulvillus noun: one of the tiny cushions or pads on the feet of certain insects.

Noun

pulvillus (plural pulvilli)

  1. One of the tiny cushions or pads on the feet of certain insects.

pulvillus meaning in Tamil

pulvillus in Tamil

திண்டு

Forms of pulvillus

pluralpulvilli

Origin of pulvillus

From Latin pulvillus (“a little cushion”).

Words formed from pulvillus

Questions about pulvillus

What does pulvillus mean?
Pulvillus means one of the tiny cushions or pads on the feet of certain insects.
What is pulvillus in Tamil?
Pulvillus in Tamil is திண்டு. See Pulvillus meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pulvillus?
Pulvillus is a noun.
What is the plural of pulvillus?
The plural of pulvillus is pulvilli.

Words near pulvillus in the dictionary

  1. pulvilled
  2. pulvilli
  3. pulvilliform
  4. pulvillio
  5. pulvillios
  6. pulvillus
  7. pulvimixer
  8. pulvimixers
  9. pulvinae
  10. pulvinar
  11. pulvinars

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pulvillus (page history and authors); pulvillus (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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