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noun
The third segment of the antenna of a fly, distal to the pedicel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
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History
From post- + pedicel. Proposed by entomologist Brian R. Stuckenberg in 1999 due to disputes about the homology of the structure formerly known as the first flagellomere or third segment of the antenna.
