Cilia (Latin for eyelashes;
[Mosby’s Medical, Nursing and Allied Health Dictionary, Fourth Edition, Mosby-Year Book Inc., 1994, p. 336] the singular is ''cilium'') in
entomology
Entomology () is the science, scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such ...
are fine hairs along the edges of the
insect wing.
References
Insect morphology
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