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Definition of Pulvillus

Pulvillus
Pulvillus Pul*vil"lus, n.; pl. Pulvilli. [L., a little cushion.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the minute cushions on the feet of certain insects.

Meaning of Pulvillus from wikipedia

- Marcus Horatius Pulvillus was an aristocrat before and during the early Roman Republic at the time of the overthrow of the Roman monarchy. He was a suffect...
- Porania pulvillus, also called the red cushion star, is a species of sea star in the family Poraniidae. The specific name pulvillus means "little cushion...
- tribune in 425. Pulvillus' father is not known because the Fasti Capitolini are missing for the years between 389 and 381. Pulvillus was elected tribunus...
- Horatius Pulvillus, consul in 509 and 507 BC, and the grandson of a Marcus Horatius. His complete name is Gaius (or Marcus) Horatius M.f. M.n. Pulvillus. In...
- Brutus, but he died after a few days, and was followed by Marcus Horatius Pulvillus. When Valerius began construction of a new house on top of the Velian...
- the Republic bore the surnames Barbatus, Cocles, and Pulvillus. Of these, Barbatus and Pulvillus were cognomina designating different branches of the...
- showing multiple radial and medio-peripheral axes The sea star Porania pulvillus, aboral and oral surfaces Special terms are used for spiders. Two specialized...
- paired lobes or pulvilli, meaning "little cushions". There is a single pulvillus below each unguis. The pulvilli often have an arolium between them or...
- calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Pulvillus and Lanatus (or, less frequently, year 277 Ab urbe condita). The denomination...
- the third Roman king. He was a nephew of the consul, Marcus Horatius Pulvillus, and is said to have obtained his agnomen, Cocles, meaning "one-e****"...