SENSILLUM


Meaning of SENSILLUM in English

/sen sil"euhm/ , n. , pl. sensilla /-leuh/ .

Zool. a simple sense organ usually consisting of one or a few cells at the peripheral end of a sensory nerve fiber.

[ sens-, ptp. s. of sentire to SENSE + -ilum dim. suffix ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .