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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

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pl.

Prophragmata

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[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] before + [GREEK], [GREEK], fence, screen. ]

(Zool.)

An internal dorsal chitinous process between the first two divisions of the thorax of insects.

prophragma ‎(plural prophragmata)