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sensillum

sensillum noun: a sensory receptor in certain invertebrates, especially arthropods.

Noun

sensillum (plural sensilla)

  1. A sensory receptor in certain invertebrates, especially arthropods.

Examples of sensillum in a sentence

  • You've got seven different types of sensilla just on the tips of your antennae.
  • Sensillum with smooth and distinctly porous wall embedded in the inflexible socket (Figs. 4k, 5h, 6h).
  • Numerous rounded nano-pores are evenly distributed over the entire surface of the sensillum (Fig. 5h).

All 10 example sentences with sensillum

Forms of sensillum

pluralsensilla
alternative formsensilla

Origin of sensillum

Borrowed from German Sensillum, from New Latin sensillum, diminutive of Latin sēnsus (“perception, feeling”). Coined by German zoologist Ernst Haeckel in Systematische Phylogenie (1895).

Words formed from sensillum

Questions about sensillum

What does sensillum mean?
Sensillum means a sensory receptor in certain invertebrates, especially arthropods.
What part of speech is sensillum?
Sensillum is a noun.
What is the plural of sensillum?
The plural of sensillum is sensilla.

Words near sensillum in the dictionary

  1. sensile
  2. sensilla
  3. sensillae
  4. sensillar
  5. sensillary
  6. sensillum
  7. sensillum chaeticum
  8. sensimilla
  9. sensimillia
  10. sensimotor
  11. sensing

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