PROPODEUM


Meaning of PROPODEUM in English

-ēəm noun

also pro·po·de·on -ēən

( plural pro·podeums also propo·dea -ēə)

Etymology: propodeum from New Latin, alteration of propodeon, from pro- (I) + podeon; propodeon from New Latin

: the part of the thorax of a hymenopteran that lies immediately over and partly surrounding the insertion of the petiole of the abdomen and represents a basal abdominal segment which has become fused with the thorax

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