plantula

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noun In entomology, a membranous appendage between the claws of certain insects, corresponding to the onychium or spurious claw of other species.

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Arolium - ia: cushion-like pads on the tarsi of many insects: one of the lobes of the pulvillus; in Orthoptera, used only for the terminal pad between the claws: see empodium; pulvillus; palmula; plantula; onychium, paronychium, pseudonychium.

Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
Coleoptera; the bifid pseudotarsi between the claws: used also as = pulvillus; and see arolium, onychium, palmula, paronychium, plantula, pseudonychium and pulvillus.

Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
d idem difleftum cum contenta plantula & ele - vata calyptra.

Caroli a Linné equit. aur. de stella polari archiatri regii med. et botan. profess. Upsal. Acad ... 1788