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▪ I. pala Ent.|ˈpɑːlə| Pl. palæ. [a. L. pāla spade.] (See quot. 1906.) Hence ˈpalar a., of or pertaining to a pala.
1892E. Saunders Hemiptera Heteroptera Brit. Islands 336 C[orixa] Fallenii... The palæ of the male are truncate at the base. 1906J. B. Smith Explanation Terms Entomol. 95 Pala: the shovel-shaped tarsal joints in many aquatic Heteroptera. 1957Richards & Davies Imms's Gen. Textbk. Entomol. (ed. 9) iii. 428 The pala is not a stridulatory organ, nor has it been shown conclusively that the peculiar strigil of these insects [sc. Corixidæ] is concerned with sound production. 1959Southwood & Leston Land & Water Bugs Brit. Isles 387 Palar pegs numerous, extending in a row along most of the pala. Ibid. 388 Male palae more or less rounded on the top edge. ▪ II. pala see palay. ▪ III. pala see pallah. |