Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In entomology, the scutum of the mesonotum; the scutal sclerite of the mesothorax.

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

  • noun (Zoöl.) The scutum or dorsal plate of the middle thoracic segment of an insect. See Illust. of butterfly.

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  • noun zoology The scutum or dorsal plate of the middle thoracic segment of an insect.

Etymologies

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meso- +‎ scutum

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Examples

  • Lateral lobes: the deflexed portions of pronotum that cover the sides of pro-thorax in many Orthoptera: in certain Hymenoptera, lie on each side of the parapsidal furrows of mesoscutum and = scapulae.

    Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith

  • Parapsidal furrows: longitudinal grooves on each side of the mesoscutum of Proctytrypidae separating the parapsides from the middle lobe.

    Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith

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