sensillum

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noun

A sensory receptor in certain invertebrates, especially arthropods.

OriginGerman Sensillum ← New Latin sensillum →
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Meanings

nounsensillum (plural sensilla)

plural sensilla · alternative sensilla

  1. biologyA sensory receptor in certain invertebrates, especially arthropods.

Origin

  1. New Latinsensillum
  2. GermanSensillum
  3. Englishsensillum

Borrowed from German Sensillum, from New Latin sensillum, diminutive of Latin sēnsus (“perception, feeling”). Coined by German zoologist Ernst Haeckel in Systematische Phylogenie (1895).

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Translations

Italian sensillo
  • sensillosensory receptor in invertebrates
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APA

sensillum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sensillum

MLA

“sensillum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sensillum. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sensillum,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sensillum.

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