Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The anterior part of the head of an insect, lying above the clypeus.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The forehead.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Anal.) The forehead; the part of the cranium between the orbits and the vertex.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun anatomy The forehead; the part of the cranium between the orbits and the vertex.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin frōns, front-, forehead, front.]

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Latin frons ("front").

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Examples

  • Its happy demeanour comes from the "frons" - the frontal area of an insect's head above the mouth parts.

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  • In fact, it's just the colorful markings on the "frons," or frontal head and mouth parts, of the female Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea that makes it look that way, experts told The Daily Telegraph Saturday.

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  • In fact, it's just the colorful markings on the "frons," or frontal head and mouth parts, of the female Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea that makes it look that way, experts told The Daily Telegraph Saturday.

    Latest News - UPI.com 2008

  • In fact, it's just the colorful markings on the "frons," or frontal head and mouth parts, of the female Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea that makes it look that way, experts told The Daily Telegraph Saturday.

    Latest News - UPI.com 2008

  • In fact, it's just the colorful markings on the "frons," or frontal head and mouth parts, of the female Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea that makes it look that way, experts told The Daily Telegraph Saturday.

    Latest News - UPI.com 2008

  • In fact, it's just the colorful markings on the "frons," or frontal head and mouth parts, of the female Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea that makes it look that way, experts told The Daily Telegraph Saturday.

    Latest News - UPI.com 2008

  • In fact, it's just the colorful markings on the "frons," or frontal head and mouth parts, of the female Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea that makes it look that way, experts told The Daily Telegraph Saturday.

    Latest News - UPI.com 2008

  • In fact, it's just the colorful markings on the "frons," or frontal head and mouth parts, of the female Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea that makes it look that way, experts told The Daily Telegraph Saturday.

    Latest News - UPI.com 2008

  • In fact, it's just the colorful markings on the "frons," or frontal head and mouth parts, of the female Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea that makes it look that way, experts told The Daily Telegraph Saturday.

    Latest News - UPI.com 2008

  • In fact, it's just the colorful markings on the "frons," or frontal head and mouth parts, of the female Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea that makes it look that way, experts told The Daily Telegraph Saturday.

    Latest News - UPI.com 2008

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