‖ tornus Entom.
(ˈtɔːnəs)
Pl. -i (-aɪ).
[L. tornus turner's wheel or lathe, a. Gr. τόρνος a tool for rounding.]
The inner or anal angle of the wing of an insect, esp. of the secondary wing of a tineid moth. Hence ˈtornal a., of or pertaining to the tornus.
| 1897 Ld. Walsingham in Proc. Zool. Soc. 19 Jan. 76 A creamy-ochreous dorsal streak..runs from the base through the tornal cilia. Ibid. 96 The apical and tornal angles of the cell;..cilia with a slight ochreous tinge about the tornus. 1904 Sir G. F. Hampson in Annals & Mag. Nat. Hist. Sept. 176 Hind wing..a fiery red stigma on termen near tornus. |