empodiumn.

Brit.

/ɛmˈpəʊdɪəm/, U.S.

/ɛmˈpoʊdiəm/

Inflections: Plural empodia.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin empodium.

Etymology: < scientific Latin empodium (C. L. Nitzch 1818, in Magazin der Entomologie 3 279) < classical Latin em- em- prefix + scientific Latin -podium -podium comb. form.

Zoology (chiefly Entomology).

In the feet of flies and certain other arthropods: a structure in the form of a bristle or pad located between the tarsal claws.

ΚΠ

1836 W. E. Shuckard tr. H. Burmeister Man. Entomol. 107 Between these two hooks of the terminal joint, we perceive in some insects a second smaller claw, called the spurious claw (pseudonychia), but by Nitzch empodium [Ger. von Nitzsch Streber (empodium) genannt].

1870 A. S. Packard Guide to Study of Insects (ed. 2) 392 Ryphidæ Loewe. This family is known by the wings having a perfect discal cell, while the empodium resembles a pulvillus.

1944 R. Matheson Entomol. for Introd. Courses xvii. 380 Between the pulvilli another structure, the empodium, sometimes occurs.

1991 C. McAney et al. Anal. Bat Droppings 9 When there are two such pads, a structure called an empodium, which is often bristle-like, sometimes projects between them.

2003 Systematic Biol. 52 746/2 Muscomorpha is further divided into major clades..: Heterodactyla (all brachyceran flies with setiform tarsal empodia); [etc.].

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	empodium
释义	empodiumn. Brit. /ɛmˈpəʊdɪəm/, U.S. /ɛmˈpoʊdiəm/ Inflections: Plural empodia. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin empodium. Etymology: < scientific Latin empodium (C. L. Nitzch 1818, in Magazin der Entomologie 3 279) < classical Latin em- em- prefix + scientific Latin -podium -podium comb. form. Zoology (chiefly Entomology). In the feet of flies and certain other arthropods: a structure in the form of a bristle or pad located between the tarsal claws. ΚΠ 1836 W. E. Shuckard tr. H. Burmeister Man. Entomol. 107 Between these two hooks of the terminal joint, we perceive in some insects a second smaller claw, called the spurious claw (pseudonychia), but by Nitzch empodium [Ger. von Nitzsch Streber (empodium) genannt]. 1870 A. S. Packard Guide to Study of Insects (ed. 2) 392 Ryphidæ Loewe. This family is known by the wings having a perfect discal cell, while the empodium resembles a pulvillus. 1944 R. Matheson Entomol. for Introd. Courses xvii. 380 Between the pulvilli another structure, the empodium, sometimes occurs. 1991 C. McAney et al. Anal. Bat Droppings 9 When there are two such pads, a structure called an empodium, which is often bristle-like, sometimes projects between them. 2003 Systematic Biol. 52 746/2 Muscomorpha is further divided into major clades..: Heterodactyla (all brachyceran flies with setiform tarsal empodia); [etc.]. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1836
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