Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The part of the carapace of a crustacean situated behind the cervical groove.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology The part of the
carapace of acrustacean situated behind thecervical groove .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek
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