empodium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A bristle-like or pad-like structure between the tarsal claws of Diptera

Word forms

empodium empodia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔν (én, “in”) + -podium (“relating to a leg-like structure”).

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