petiole

Etymology
Borrowed from, and its source, , diminutive form of.

Noun

 * 1)  The stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem.
 * 2)  A narrow or constricted segment of the body of an insect; especially, the metasomal segment of certain, such as wasps.
 * 3)  The stalk at the base of the nest of the paper wasp.
 * 1)  A narrow or constricted segment of the body of an insect; especially, the metasomal segment of certain, such as wasps.
 * 2)  The stalk at the base of the nest of the paper wasp.
 * 1)  A narrow or constricted segment of the body of an insect; especially, the metasomal segment of certain, such as wasps.
 * 2)  The stalk at the base of the nest of the paper wasp.
 * 1)  The stalk at the base of the nest of the paper wasp.

Usage notes

 * The presence of a petiole (narrow body segment) is the defining characteristic distinguishing the suborder (ants, bees and wasps) from the rest of order  (i.e., from the paraphyletic suborder ).

Translations

 * Breton: lostig-delienn
 * Bulgarian: дръжка на листо
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: petiolo
 * Finnish: lehtikanta,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Irish: peitín
 * Korean: 잎꼭지
 * Maori: tātārau
 * Ottoman Turkish: ذنب
 * Polish: ogonek liścia
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Tagalog:, dahuntangkay
 * Turkish: yaprak sapı
 * Tày: cản
 * Ukrainian: черешо́к
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: deilgoes, deilgoesyn