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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In entomology, a transverse internal plate which, in many Coleoptera, descends from the anterior margin of the mesoscutellum, between the mesothorax and the metathorax, serving for the attachment of internal organs. It probably corresponds to the mesoscutum.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) An internal dorsal chitinous process between the first two divisions of the thorax of insects.
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- noun zoology An
internal dorsal chitinous process between the first twodivisions of thethorax ofinsects .
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek before + fence, screen.
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