Home › Words › T › trichosensillumtrichosensillumtrichosensillum means A sensory hair (in some beetles etc).EtymologyFrom tricho- + sensillum.nounA sensory hair (in some beetles etc)Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.trichobothrium 71% match — An elongate external seta, present in many arachnids and various orders of insects, including Hemiptera and Thysanoptera. They function in the detection of airborne vibrations and air currents, including near-field sounds of central importance to their hearing and communication. vs trichosensillum →trichobothrial 66% match — Relating to trichobothria vs trichosensillum →chaetosema 65% match — A cluster of sensory bristles on the head of some insects vs trichosensillum →macrotrichium 64% match — An innervated hair on the integument or wing membrane of an insect. vs trichosensillum →trichoblast 62% match — A hair-like filamentous protrusion from the side of an organism, especially, an alga. vs trichosensillum →trichogen 61% match — An epidermal cell that grows into a seta. vs trichosensillum →microtrichome 60% match — A very small trichome vs trichosensillum →circumfilum 59% match — A thread-like sensory organ found on nodes of the antennae of some midges in family Cecidomyiidae. vs trichosensillum →