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postabdomina

postabdomina is the plural of postabdomen.

Meaning of postabdomen

Noun

postabdomen (plural postabdomens or postabdomina)

  1. The part of a crustacean behind the cephalothorax.
    Synonyms:
    abdomen
  2. The terminal segments of the abdomen of an insect, modified for reproduction.
    • The postabdomens of both sexes of Cinderella lampra Steyskal and of the unique female of C. aczeli, n. sp. (Mendoza, Argentina) are described.1969, George C. Steyskal, “The Postabdomen of Cinderella, with a New Species from Argentina (Diptera: Heleomyzidae)”, in Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, volume 42, number 1, →JSTOR...

Questions about postabdomina

What is postabdomina the plural of?
Postabdomina is the plural of postabdomen.

Words near postabdomina in the dictionary

  1. Post-Zionist
  2. Post-Zionists
  3. post.
  4. postabdomen
  5. postabdomens
  6. postabdomina
  7. postabdominal
  8. postablation
  9. postablative
  10. postable
  11. postabortal

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