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frons

UK/fɹɒnz/US/fɹɑnz/

frons noun: in vertebrates, especially mammals, the forehead; the part of the cranium between the orbits and the vertex.

frons: in vertebrates, especially mammals, the forehead; the part of the cranium between the orbits and...
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Noun

frons (plural frontes)

  1. In vertebrates, especially mammals, the forehead; the part of the cranium between the orbits and the vertex.
  2. The front part of the epicranium or head capsule of many insects; generally speaking, the area below or between the antennae and above the clypeus. Typically it lies between the genal or "cheek" areas on either side of the head.
    • In a generalized insect the frons extends from the vertex to the frontoclypeal (epistomal) suture, between the two anterior tentorial pits.1981, J. F. McAlpine, Manual of Nearctic Diptera, volume 1, →ISBN, page 14
  3. (of Diptera) The postfrons.
    • In most blondeliines (and in most Tachinidae in general), males have a narrower frons than conspecific females […]1985, D. M. Wood, “A taxonomic conspectus of the Blondeliini of North and Central America and the West Indies (Diptera: Tachinidae)”, in Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, volume 117...

frons meaning in Tamil

frons in Tamil

நெற்றி, நுதல்

Synonyms of frons

Forms of frons

pluralfrontes

Origin of frons

Borrowed from Latin frōns (“the forehead, brow, front”). Doublet of front.

Words formed from frons

Words that rhyme with frons

Questions about frons

What does frons mean?
Frons means in vertebrates, especially mammals, the forehead; the part of the cranium between the orbits and the vertex.
What is frons in Tamil?
Frons in Tamil is நெற்றி, நுதல். See Frons meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is frons?
Frons is a noun.
How do you pronounce frons?
Frons is pronounced /fɹɒnz/ (UK).
What is the plural of frons?
The plural of frons is frontes.

Words near frons in the dictionary

  1. frondy
  2. Frongoch
  3. Fronk
  4. Fronks
  5. Fronnie
  6. frons
  7. Fronsac
  8. Fronsacs
  9. front
  10. front and center
  11. front and centre

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Adapted from Wiktionary: frons (page history and authors); frons (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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