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Webster 1913 Edition


Postscutellum


Postˊscu-tel′lum

,
Noun.
[NL. See
Post-
, and
Scutellum
.]
(Zool.)
The hindermost dorsal piece of a thoracic somite of an insect; the plate behind the scutellum.

Definition 2024


postscutellum

postscutellum

English

Noun

postscutellum (plural postscutella)

  1. (zoology) The hindmost dorsal piece of a thoracic somite of an insect; the plate behind the scutellum.

Related terms

  • postscutellar