dististylus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In mosquitoes, the distal segment of the gonopods.

Word forms

dististylus dististyli

Etymology

From disti-, from Latin distare (“to stand apart”) + Ancient Greek στῦλος (stûlos, “pillar”). By surface analysis, disti- + -style + Latin -us.

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