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Webster 1913 Edition


Pronotum


Pro-no′tum

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Pronota
(#)
.
[NL. See
Pro-
, and
Notum
.]
(Zool.)
The dorsal plate of the prothorax in insects. See Illust. of
Coleoptera
.

Definition 2024


pronotum

pronotum

English

Noun

pronotum (plural pronota)

  1. The dorsal plate of the prothorax in insects.
    • 2013, Adam Slipinski, Australian Beetles Volume 1: Morphology, Classification and Keys:
      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.

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