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Frons

//fɹɒnz// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    In vertebrates, especially mammals, the forehead; the part of the cranium between the orbits and the vertex.
  2. 2
    The front part of the epicranium or head capsule of many insects; generally speaking, the area below or between the antennae and above the clypeus. Typically it lies between the genal or "cheek" areas on either side of the head.

    "In a generalized insect the frons extends from the vertex to the frontoclypeal (epistomal) suture, between the two anterior tentorial pits."

  3. 3
    (of Diptera) The postfrons.

    "In most blondeliines (and in most Tachinidae in general), males have a narrower frons than conspecific females […]"

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin frōns (“the forehead, brow, front”). Doublet of front.

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