Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

postpedicel

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: post-pedi-cel
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

"...at least the multisegmented arista is beyond the pedicel in addition to the large antennomere, and postpedicel is thus ambiguous and lacking in precision."
"Antenna black, scape brown, pedicel and extreme base of postpedicel brownish-yellow, length of antennal segments = 13: 10: 40: 17, setae on basal two segments nearly 0.12 mm long."

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.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: post

Inflected Forms

postpedicels (plural)

Questions

What does postpedicel mean?: The third segment of the antenna of a fly, distal to the pedicel.
Where does postpedicel come from?: 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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