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proscutellum

proscutellum noun: the penultimate segment of the pronotum of an arthropod.

Noun

proscutellum (plural proscutella)

  1. The penultimate segment of the pronotum of an arthropod.

Forms of proscutellum

pluralproscutella

Origin of proscutellum

pro- + scutellum

Questions about proscutellum

What does proscutellum mean?
Proscutellum means the penultimate segment of the pronotum of an arthropod.
What part of speech is proscutellum?
Proscutellum is a noun.
What is the plural of proscutellum?
The plural of proscutellum is proscutella.

Words near proscutellum in the dictionary

  1. proscriptivist
  2. proscriptivists
  3. proscripts
  4. proscuitto
  5. proscutella
  6. proscutellum
  7. proscylliid
  8. proscylliids
  9. proscynema
  10. proscynemata
  11. proscynesis

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