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Usually, the median bristle or pulvilliform structure that arises between the unques on the feet of Diptera; but the term is sometimes used to describe the terminal and sometimes claw-like structures on the collembolan tibiotarsus.
From: empodium in A Dictionary of Zoology »
Subjects: Zoology and Animal Sciences.
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