Pronotum
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The dorsal plate of the prothorax in insects
"Phycosecids are small, ovate, convex beetles with a prognathous head, partly covered by a semicircular projection of the pronotum and a dorsal vestiture of whitish scales or scalelike setae."
Example
More examples"Phycosecids are small, ovate, convex beetles with a prognathous head, partly covered by a semicircular projection of the pronotum and a dorsal vestiture of whitish scales or scalelike setae."
Etymology
From pro- + notum.
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