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noun
The hindmost dorsal piece of a thoracic somite of an insect; the plate behind the scutellum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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Synonyms: mesonotum, postnotum
Antonyms: none provided
History
From post- + scutellum.
