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xyphus

xyphus noun: a triangular part of the prosternum that is found between the bases of the anterior coxae.

Noun

xyphus

  1. A triangular part of the prosternum that is found between the bases of the anterior coxae.
    • Mesosternum tumid with wide, punctured, longitudinal furrow between halves, xyphus quadrangular also punctured, its apex truncate.1965 September, Herbert Ruckes, “Several New Genera and Species of Discocephaline Pentatomids (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)”, in Journal of the New York Entomological Society, volume LXXIII, number 3...
    • Rostrum reaching to the end of the metasternum; first joint stout, reaching to the apex of the xyphus of the prosternum .1865, John William Douglas, John Scott, The British Hemiptera: Hemiptera-Heteroptera - Volume 1, page 35

Questions about xyphus

What does xyphus mean?
Xyphus means a triangular part of the prosternum that is found between the bases of the anterior coxae.
What part of speech is xyphus?
Xyphus is a noun.

Words near xyphus in the dictionary

  1. xynistery
  2. xynomavro
  3. xynomyzithra
  4. xyphoid
  5. xyphopubic
  6. xyphus
  7. xyr
  8. xyr-
  9. xyrid
  10. xyridaceous
  11. xyrids

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