What does "frons" mean?

In vertebrates, especially mammals, the forehead; the part of the cranium between the orbits and the vertex.

What is a synonym for "frons"?

Common synonyms include: forehead.

//fɹɒnz// noun

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Noun

1
In vertebrates, especially mammals, the forehead; the part of the cranium between the orbits and the vertex.
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
(of Diptera) The postfrons.
"In most blondeliines (and in most Tachinidae in general), males have a narrower frons than conspecific females […]"

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

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

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