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Webster 1913 Edition

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Prescuta

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(Zool.)

The first of the four pieces composing the dorsal part, or tergum, of a thoracic segment of an insect. It is usually small and inconspicuous.

prescutum ‎(plural prescuta)

(zoology) The first of the four pieces composing the dorsal part, or tergum, of a thoracic segment of an insect.