circumfilum

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circumfilum (noun; plural circumfila; Latin circum, around; filum, thread): (Arthropoda: Insecta) In dipteran Cecidomyid, antennal joints bearing elaborately looped or wreathed, thinwalled chemoreceptors with pores lying among fine surface ridges.