pronotum

pronotum

English

Etymology

pro- +‎ notum

Noun

pronotum (plural pronota)

1. The dorsal plate of the prothorax in insects.
   • 2013, Adam Slipinski, Australian Beetles Volume 1: Morphology, Classification and Keys‎:

     Phycosecids are small, ovate, convex beetles with a prognathous head, partly covered by a semicircular projection of the pronotum and a dorsal vestiture of whitish scales or scalelike setae.

Translations

dorsal plate of the prothorax in insects

French: pronotum (fr) m Italian: pronoto m Polish: przedplecze n

Romanian: pronot Russian: проно́тум m (pronótum), переднеспи́нка f (perednespínka)