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preabdomen

noun

Etymology

From pre- + abdomen.

  1. derived from abdōmen
  2. borrowed from abdomen
  3. prefixed as preabdomen — “pre + abdomen”

Definitions

  1. The enlarged anterior portion of the abdomen of a scorpion or sea scorpion

  2. The anterior segments of the abdomen, distinguished from the posterior segments holding…

    The anterior segments of the abdomen, distinguished from the posterior segments holding the reproductive apparatus.

    • The anthomyiid oviscapt (postabdomen) is as regards the ground plan undoubtedly slender, well set off from and hardly shorter than the preabdomen, and has slender cerci with projecting, cylindrical apices.

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