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Webster 1913 Edition
Clypeus
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Clyp′e-us
,Noun.
pl.
Clypei
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. [L., a shield.]
(Zool.)
The frontal plate of the head of an insect.
Definition 2024
clypeus
clypeus
English
Noun
clypeus (plural clypei)
- (entomology) The shield-shaped front part of an insect's head or a spider's cephalothorax.
- 1990: Cuisinart stuck a human eyelash to his clypeus with saliva, twisted it into a handlebar mustache, and greeted citizens as they arrived at the rim of the sink. — Daniel Evan Weiss, The Roaches Have No King (Serpent's Tail 2001, p.16)
- 1996: When viewed from the front, the part of the carapace between the anterior eyes and the front edge of the carapace is called the clypeus. — Michael J. Roberts, Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe (Collins 1996, p. 14)
Translations
front part of an insect's head or a spider's cephalothorax
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Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkly.pe.us/, [ˈklʏ.pe.ʊs]
Noun
clypeus m (genitive clypeī); second declension
- Alternative form of clipeus
Inflection
Second declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | clypeus | clypeī |
genitive | clypeī | clypeōrum |
dative | clypeō | clypeīs |
accusative | clypeum | clypeōs |
ablative | clypeō | clypeīs |
vocative | clypee | clypeī |
References
- CLYPEUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)