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English
Etymology
From thermo- + hygro- + receptor.
Noun
thermohygroreceptor (plural thermohygroreceptors)
- (zoology) A structure in certain insects which acts as both a thermoreceptor and a hygroreceptor.
2023 January 12, Artur Taszakowski, Adrian Masłowski, Kent M. Daane, Jolanta Brożek, “Closer view of antennal sensory organs of two Leptoglossus species (Insecta, Hemiptera, Coreidae)”, in Scientific Reports, volume 13, →DOI, article 617, page 9:In the present study, the aporous sensillum (A5) embedded in a cavity is functionally classified as thermo-hygroreceptor. Morphologically it belongs to coeloconic, aporous sensillum without a flexible socket, it is located in a chamber open to the environment according to the characteristics distinguished by Altner63 for this type of sensillum.