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mesopleuron

mesopleuron noun: the lateral surface of the mesothorax.

Noun

mesopleuron (plural mesopleura)

  1. The lateral surface of the mesothorax
    • In most chalcidoids, the mesopleura have a groove for the femora, but encyrtids lack this groove (as do the signiphorids, tanaostigmatids, some aphelinids, and some eupelmids).2005, Norman F. Johnson, Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects, page 531

Forms of mesopleuron

pluralmesopleura

Origin of mesopleuron

From meso- + pleuron.

Questions about mesopleuron

What does mesopleuron mean?
Mesopleuron means the lateral surface of the mesothorax.
What part of speech is mesopleuron?
Mesopleuron is a noun.
What is the plural of mesopleuron?
The plural of mesopleuron is mesopleura.

Words near mesopleuron in the dictionary

  1. mesoplastral
  2. mesoplastron
  3. mesoplasts
  4. mesopleura
  5. mesopleural
  6. mesopleuron
  7. mesoplodont
  8. mesoplodonts
  9. mesoploid
  10. mesopneumonium
  11. mesopodia

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