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postscutellum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The hindmost dorsal piece of a thoracic somite of an insect; the plate behind the scutellum.

Word forms

postscutellum postscutella

Etymology

From post- + scutellum.

Synonyms

mesonotum postnotum

Related words

postscutellar
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