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What is a sensillum?

What is a sensillum? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Any of several sensory organs in some insects
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This sensillum has two acoustic sensory receptors, called A cells.
That expansion tweaks a tiny piezoelectric crystal in a way similar to a sphere of cuticula tweaking a sensillum.
A five-tissue strand, the acoustic sensillum, runs from the centre of the tympanic membrane across the tympanic cavity to a nearby skeletal support.
There was no great variation in the width of sensilla, where as sensillum with a pore or opening to the exterior were measured and classified based on their diameter.
In some animals the sensillum and accessory cells form a physical structure around the receptor cells.
Infrared radiation strikes a sensillum and heats a little sphere inside it.

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