cenchrus

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cenchrus (noun; plural cenchri; Greek kenchros, millet): (Arthropoda: Insecta) In Hymenoptera, specialized lobes on the metanotum of certain sawflies that contact with rough areas on the underside of the fore wing to hold them in place; sometimes functioning as a stridulatory apparatus.