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decaton

decaton noun: the tenth segment of an insect.

Noun

decaton

  1. The tenth segment of an insect.
    • […] octoon short, less than half the length of the metapodeon; ennaton much longer than the octoon; decaton as long as the ennaton; […]1846, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology, Francis Walker, List of the Specimens of the Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum (page 85)

Questions about decaton

What does decaton mean?
Decaton means the tenth segment of an insect.
What part of speech is decaton?
Decaton is a noun.

Words near decaton in the dictionary

  1. decatizers
  2. decatizes
  3. decatizing
  4. decatoic
  5. decatoic acid
  6. decaton
  7. decatonic
  8. decatriene
  9. decatrienes
  10. decatron
  11. decatrons

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