postabdomen
English
Etymology
post- + abdomen
Noun
postabdomen (plural postabdomens or postabdomina)
- (zoology) The part of a crustacean behind the cephalothorax.
- (entomology) The terminal segments of the abdomen of an insect, modified for reproduction.
- 1969, George C. Steyskal, “The Postabdomen of Cinderella, with a New Species from Argentina (Diptera: Heleomyzidae)”, in Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, volume 42, number 1, JSTOR 25083766, pages 80-83:
- The postabdomens of both sexes of Cinderella lampra Steyskal and of the unique female of C. aczeli, n. sp. (Mendoza, Argentina) are described.
- 2011, Hans-Peter Tschorsnig, “A new species of Istocheta Rondani (Diptera: Tachinidae) from the Mercantour National Park, France”, in Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A (Neue Serie), volume 4, pages 335–340:
- No special preparation in glycerine of male and female postabdomina were made because the features of diagnostic importance are well visible in dry condition, but as a result not all characters of the postabdomina can be described.
- 2013, Verner Michelsen, “Proposal of Karliella gen. n. for the Afrotropical ‘Pegomya’ sexpunctata Karl, 1935 (Diptera: Anthomyiidae), a possible kleptoparasite of dung-breeding beetles”, in African Invertebrates, volume 54, number 2, DOI:, pages 335–347:
- 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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Synonyms
- (part of a crustacean): abdomen
- (terminal segments of an insect): terminalia, hypopygium
Romanian
Etymology
From French postabdomen.
Noun
postabdomen n (plural postabdomene)
- postabdomen
Declension
Declension of postabdomen
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) postabdomen | postabdomenul | (niște) postabdomene | postabdomenele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) postabdomen | postabdomenului | (unor) postabdomene | postabdomenelor |
| vocative | postabdomenule | postabdomenelor | ||