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propleuron

propleuron noun: the lateral sclerite of the anterior division of the thorax of an insect.

Noun

propleuron (plural propleura)

  1. The lateral sclerite of the anterior division of the thorax of an insect.
    • Body brown except: yellowish clypeus and inter-torular area; scapus and pedicellus yellow (17 th antennal article grey, 18 th -21 st articles white), propleuron and upper corner of mesopleuron, first metasomal tergite; mesoscutum, scutellum and propodeum suffused with yellow; wing membrane slightly...2016 February 4, “Species Diversity in the Parasitoid Genus Asobara (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from the Native Area of the Fruit Fly Pest Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of propleuron

pluralpropleura

Origin of propleuron

From pro- + pleuron.

Questions about propleuron

What does propleuron mean?
Propleuron means the lateral sclerite of the anterior division of the thorax of an insect.
What part of speech is propleuron?
Propleuron is a noun.
What is the plural of propleuron?
The plural of propleuron is propleura.

Words near propleuron in the dictionary

  1. propless
  2. proplet
  3. proplets
  4. propleura
  5. propleural
  6. propleuron
  7. propleurum
  8. proplift
  9. proplifted
  10. proplifter
  11. proplifters

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