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Cilia (entomology)

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Cilia (Latin for eyelashes;[1] the singular is cilium) in entomology are fine hairs along the edges of the insect wing.

References

  1. ^ Mosby’s Medical, Nursing and Allied Health Dictionary, Fourth Edition, Mosby-Year Book Inc., 1994, p. 336