frenulums

Variant of frenulum

noun pl. frenulums or frenula

  1. a small frenum
  2. Zool. a stiff bristle or group of bristles extending from the hind wing of some moths and interlocking with a structure on the front wing, linking the wings together in flight

Origin: ModL, dim. of frenum: see frenum

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