Clypeus Definition

klĭpē-əs
clypei
noun
A median plate or shieldlike process on the anterior portion of the head of certain insects.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Clypeus

Noun

Singular:
clypeus
Plural:
clypei

Origin of Clypeus

  • New Latin from Latin clipeus round shield

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin clipeus ‘round shield’.

    From Wiktionary

Clypeus Sentence Examples

  • Below this comes the front, and then the face or clypeus, to which a very distinct upper lip (labrum) is usually jointed.

  • Ia, frons; b, clypeus (the pointed labrum beneath it); II, mandible; III, first maxilla; (a, base; b, sheath; c, piercer), III', inner view of sheath; IV, second maxillae forming rostrum (b, mentum; c, ligula).

  • The labrum and clypeus are developed as a single prolongation of the oral piece, not as a pair of appendages.

  • Along the straight edge there is usually a broad band, and at the neck is attached the "hood" (in Latin, the clypeus or shield), i.e.

  • The head is usually b, Membrane between clypeus and quadrangular in form with small labrum.

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