Metaphragma

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The hindmost phragma of the thorax in an insect

    "Thus, in the basal groups of Hymenoptera the metaphragma can vary from absent to well developed."

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"Thus, in the basal groups of Hymenoptera the metaphragma can vary from absent to well developed."

Etymology

From meta- + phragma.

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