funicle

English

Etymology

From Latin fūniculus (“cord”), diminutive from fūnis (“cord”) + -culus.

Noun

funicle (plural funicles)

  1. (botany) Synonym of funiculus.
  2. (entomology) Intermediate segments of the antenna of chalcid wasps adjoining the pedicel basally and the clava distally.

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