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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. That part of the carapace of a crustacean which covers the thorax; a posterior division of the carapace, in any way distinguished from the anterior division or cephalostegite. See cuts under Daphnia and Apus.
Wiktionary
- n. zoology The part of the carapace of a crustacean situated behind the cervical groove.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Zoöl.) The part of the carapace of a crustacean situated behind the cervical groove.
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- Ancient Greek (Wiktionary)
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