Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The anterior one of the three divisions of the notum of an insect, preceding the mesonotum; the dorsal or tergal section of the prothorax; the upper part of the first thoracic segment or prothoracic tergum.
- noun See the adjectives.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The dorsal plate of the prothorax in insects. See
Illust. ofcoleoptera .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the dorsal plate of the
prothorax ininsects .
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Examples
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The pronotum is the dorsal plate of the prothorax, forming a wide arc over the propectuses and encircling their pleural plates ventrally (
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Richard P. Berry et al. 2010
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The head is attached to the pronotum by a very slender neck.
Insecta (Aquatic) 2008
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The shape of the pronotum (damselflies) and the head (dragonflies) is very important in reproduction, because the male grasps the female around her neck with appendages on the end of his abdomen.
Insecta (Aquatic) 2008
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According to Lester & Papp's Common Insects of North America (1972), the 3 ridges on the elytra (wing covers), visible in the picture above, are characteristic of the species, as are the 3 teeth along the edges of the pronotum, visible in the picture below.
Big brown beetle with long antennae and a spiny pronotum AYDIN 2007
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Big brown beetle with long antennae and a spiny pronotum
Big brown beetle with long antennae and a spiny pronotum AYDIN 2007
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According to Lester & Papp's Common Insects of North America (1972), the 3 ridges on the elytra (wing covers), visible in the picture above, are characteristic of the species, as are the 3 teeth along the edges of the pronotum, visible in the picture below.
Archive 2007-08-01 AYDIN 2007
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This big brown beetle with long antennae and a spiny pronotum was also a recent sidewalk casualty.
Archive 2007-08-01 AYDIN 2007
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This big brown beetle with long antennae and a spiny pronotum was also a recent sidewalk casualty.
Big brown beetle with long antennae and a spiny pronotum AYDIN 2007
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Big brown beetle with long antennae and a spiny pronotum
Archive 2007-08-01 AYDIN 2007
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Big brown beetle with long antennae and a spiny pronotum AYDIN 2007
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