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from The Century Dictionary.
- Sloping downward; having the character of a declivity; declivate: specifically, in zoology, said of parts which slope gently downward: as, a declivous mesosternum. Also, rarely, declivitous.
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Metopidium: the anterior declivous surface of prothorax in
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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