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Webster 1913 Edition

Mesoscutum

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Mesˊo-scu′tum

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Noun.

[

Meso-

+

scutum

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(Zool.)

The scutum or dorsal plate of the middle thoracic segment of an insect. See Illust. of

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Definition 2024

mesoscutum

mesoscutum

English

Noun

mesoscutum ‎(plural mesoscuta)

(zoology) The scutum or dorsal plate of the middle thoracic segment of an insect.