English Explanatory Dictionary

postpedicel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The third segment of the antenna of a fly, distal to the pedicel.

Word forms

postpedicel postpedicels

Etymology

From post- + pedicel. Proposed by entomologist Brian R. Stuckenberg in 1999 due to disputes about the homology of the structure formerly known as the first flagellomere or third segment of the antenna.

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