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Meaning of "pulvillus" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PULVILLUS

From Latin, from pulvīnulus, diminutive of pulvīnus cushion.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PULVILLUS

pulvillus  [pʌlˈvɪləs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PULVILLUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pulvillus is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PULVILLUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of pulvillus in the English dictionary

The definition of pulvillus in the dictionary is a small pad between the claws at the end of an insect's leg.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PULVILLUS


acidophilus
ˌæsɪˈdɒfɪləs
Angelus
ˈændʒɪləs
aspergillus
ˌæspəˈdʒɪləs
bacillus
bəˈsɪləs
cancellous
ˈkænsɪləs
eyeless
ˈaɪləs
killas
ˈkɪləs
lactobacillus
ˌlæktəʊbəˈsɪləs
malus
ˈmeɪləs
microvillous
ˌmaɪkrəʊˈvɪləs
microvillus
ˌmaɪkrəʊˈvɪləs
nautilus
ˈnɔːtɪləs
perilous
ˈpɛrɪləs
pilous
ˈpaɪləs
stylus
ˈstaɪləs
talus
ˈteɪləs
Theophilus
θɪˈɒfɪləs
trochilus
ˈtrɒkɪləs
villous
ˈvɪləs
villus
ˈvɪləs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PULVILLUS

pulverizable
pulverization
pulverize
pulverizer
pulverous
pulverulence
pulverulent
pulvil
pulvilio
pulvilised
pulvilized
pulvillar
pulvilli
pulvilliform
pulvinar
pulvinate
pulvinated
pulvini
pulvinule
pulvinus

WORDS THAT END LIKE PULVILLUS

actinobacillus
arillus
callus
Catullus
comma bacillus
gallus
lapillus
Lucullus
Marcellus
ocellus
phallus
pneumobacillus
pullus
streptobacillus
Tellus
thallus
thiobacillus
Tibullus
tubercle bacillus
vitellus

Synonyms and antonyms of pulvillus in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pulvillus» into 25 languages

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وسيدة
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Translator English - Turkish

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Translator English - Ukrainian

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Translator English - Romanian

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Trends of use of pulvillus

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PULVILLUS»

The term «pulvillus» is used very little and occupies the 179.689 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PULVILLUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pulvillus

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PULVILLUS»

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Materials for the Study of Variation: Treated with Especial ...
The tarsus is normal as far as the extremity of the terminal joint, and the abnormality consists entirely in repetition of claws and pulvillus. The normal formation is shewn from the ventral surface in Fig. 172, A. There is an anterior claw, ...
William Bateson, 1894
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Foundations of Biology
with a pair of notched claws, a sticky pad (pulvillus) and tactile haiks. (Fig. 178.) When the Bee is walking up a rough surface, the points of the claws catch and the pulvillus does not touch, but when the surface is smooth, so that the claws do  ...
Lorande Loss Woodruff, 1922
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On Seneca's "Ad Marciam"
13 Seneca turns here from the example of Sulla to those of Xenophon, Horatius Pulvillus and Aemilius Paulus. Valerius Maximus (Fact. et Dict. Mem. 5, 10) also related the examples of Pulvillus and Aemilius in succession under the heading ...
C. E. Manning, 1981
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Novitates Zoologicae: A Journal of Zoology
HOPLIOCNEMA. Tongue short, weak. Pilifer with scales. Antenna of J andromorphic. Foretibia with apical thorn. Fore-inidtibiae spinose. Spurs short. Pulvillus absent. Paronychium absent. SYNOECHA. Tongue short, weak. Pilifer with bristles.
Lionel Walter Rothschild Baron Rothschild, 1903
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Records of the School of Medicine
The pulvillus postanalis carries the rectal ganglion embedded in its ventral wall, about halfway between the apex and the base of the nose-like projection (gyl. rct. Figs. 58, Pl. VI, and 70, Pl. VII). igiliepulvillufl in the In its composition out of cells ...
Egyptian Government School of Medicine, 1905
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A Dictionary of Entomology
Coria of distal tarsal segment on each side of Tubercula produced as a long slender tail-like lobe as long as a claw, along outer side of claws, sometimes pectinate (MacGillivray). PULVILLAR Adj. (Latin, pulvillus I small cushion.) Cushion-like ...
‎2011
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Nanomedical Device and Systems Design: Challenges, ...
(i) Complete pretarsus (distal segment of leg), (ii) right pulvillus, and (iii) setae of the pulvillus (scale bars—50, 20, 5 μm, respectively). AU, auxilia; BS, bris- tles; CL, claw; E, empodium; G, grooves on surface of pulvillus; M, midsegment of ...
Frank Boehm, 2013
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The Psocoptera of Tropical South East Asia
33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 Pulvillus moderately broad, expanded at tip ( wings often strongly patterned) > – Pulvillus relatively broad (wings usually hyaline or slightly shaded) > (see family diagnoses) – Pterostigma not thickened, pulvillus ...
Tim New, C. Lienhard, 2007
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Attachment Devices of Insect Cuticle
There are two types of tenent setae existing on the ventral side of each pulvillus ( Fig. 10.7). Setae of the first type exist on the basal part of the pulvillus. They are spoon-like, with an intensely compressed tip region. Setae of the second type are  ...
Stanislav Gorb, 2001
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Handbook of Agricultural Entomology
An empodium consists of two pads with Velcro-like outer surfaces, and a pulvillus is a single bladder-like pad that seems to give adhesion in a manner like that of a vacuum cup. F'g. 2.14 The pretarsus of three different insects to show different ...
Helmut van Emden, 2013

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PULVILLUS»

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... field when senate representatives arrived to beg his assistance and announce that the current counsul, Horatius Pulvillus, had nominated Cincinnatus to serve ... «Dallas Morning News, Jul 11»

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