Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sensillum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sen-sil-lum
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sensory receptor in certain invertebrates, especially arthropods.

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Root: sensillum

Inflected Forms

sensilla (plural) sensilla (alternative)

Derived Forms

chemosensillum hygrosensillum mechanosensillum thermosensillum trichosensillum

Phrases

sensillum chaeticum

Questions

What does sensillum mean?: A sensory receptor in certain invertebrates, especially arthropods.
Where does sensillum come from?: 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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