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corpotentorium

corpotentorium noun: a median ventral plate of the tentorium of some insects.

Noun

corpotentorium (plural corpotentoria)

  1. A median ventral plate of the tentorium of some insects.
    • The large bar extending cephalad from each end of the corpotentorium to a pretentorina is a pretentorium.1923, Alexander Dyer MacGillivray, External Insect-anatomy
    • In more primitive insects a median plate called the corpotentorium is sometimes formed between the two sides of the tentorium, but this plate is poorly developed or absent in Diptera.1981, Manual of Nearctic Diptera, volume 1, →ISBN, page 12

Forms of corpotentorium

pluralcorpotentoria

Origin of corpotentorium

From Latin corpus + tentorium.

Questions about corpotentorium

What does corpotentorium mean?
Corpotentorium means a median ventral plate of the tentorium of some insects.
What part of speech is corpotentorium?
Corpotentorium is a noun.
What is the plural of corpotentorium?
The plural of corpotentorium is corpotentoria.

Words near corpotentorium in the dictionary

  1. corporosities
  2. corporosity
  3. corpos
  4. corposant
  5. corposants
  6. corpotentorium
  7. Corprew
  8. Corprews
  9. corps
  10. corps d'armée
  11. corps de ballet

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