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Borrowed from German Sensillum, from New Latin sensillum, diminutive of Latin sēnsus (perception, feeling). Coined by German biologist, naturalist, philosopher, physician and artist Ernst Haeckel in Systematische Phylogenie (1895).

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sensillum (plural sensilla)

  1. (zoology) A sensory receptor in certain invertebrates, especially arthropods.

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