▪ I. pala Ent.
(ˈpɑːlə)
Pl. palæ.
[a. L. pāla spade.]
(See quot. 1906.) Hence ˈpalar a., of or pertaining to a pala.
| 1892 E. Saunders Hemiptera Heteroptera Brit. Islands 336 C[orixa] Fallenii... The palæ of the male are truncate at the base. 1906 J. B. Smith Explanation Terms Entomol. 95 Pala: the shovel-shaped tarsal joints in many aquatic Heteroptera. 1957 Richards & 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. 1959 Southwood & 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.