clypeus

clypeus
clypeal, adj.
/klip"ee euhs/, n., pl. clypei /klip"ee uy', -ee ee'/.
the area of the facial wall of an insect's head between the labrum and the frons, usually separated from the latter by a groove.
[1825-35; < NL, special use of L clypeus, clipeus round shield]

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  • Clypeus — Clyp e*us, n.; pl. {Clypei}. [L., a shield.] (Zo[ o]l.) The frontal plate of the head of an insect. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Clypĕus [1] — Clypĕus (lat.), 1) runder Schild, s. Schild; 2) kleines, schildförmiges Brustbild; 3) (Zool.), bei Schildkröten das Rückenschild; bei Insecten das Kopfschild …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Clypĕus [2] — Clypĕus, Gattung aus der Familie der Seeigel; schildförmig, mit 5 blätterartigen, krummen Fühlergängen u. mit warziger Oberfläche; weder Mund noch After in der Mitte; s. Seeigel u. Echiniten …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • clypeus — clypeus, or clipeus /klipiyas/ In old English law, a shield; metaphorically one of a noble family. @ clypei prostrati noble families extinct @ …   Black's law dictionary

  • clypeus — clypeus, or clipeus /klipiyas/ In old English law, a shield; metaphorically one of a noble family. @ clypei prostrati noble families extinct @ …   Black's law dictionary

  • clypeus — [klip′ē əs] n. pl. clypei [klip′ē ī΄] [ModL < L clipeus, clupeus, a shield] a median plate or shieldlike process on the anterior portion of the head of certain insects …   English World dictionary

  • Clypeus — For the ancient Greco Roman shield, see Clipeus The clypeus is one of the sclerites that makes up the face of an arthropod. In insects, the clypeus delimits the lower margin of the face, with the labrum articulated along the ventral margin of the …   Wikipedia

  • Clypeus — Der Kopfschild von Coprimorphus scrutator Der Clypeus, auch Stirnplatte genannt, ist Teil des Kopfschildes bei Insekten und liegt mittig direkt über dem Labrum. Oft ist die Stirnplatte durch Furchen deutlich von den anderen Teilen des… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • clypeus — n. [L. clypeus, shield] 1. (ARTHROPODA: Chelicerata) The anterior tagma between eyes and cheliceral bases in arachnids. 2. (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) That part of the head bearing the labrum. 3. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) The sclerite on the lower part… …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

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