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Definition of Clypeus
1. Noun. A shield-like plate on the front of an insect's head.
Definition of Clypeus
1. n. The frontal plate of the head of an insect.
Definition of Clypeus
1. Noun. The shield-shaped front part of an insect's head or a spider's cephalothorax. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clypeus
1. a shield-like structure [n CLYPEI] : CLYPEAL, CLYPEATE [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clypeus
| clxv clxx clxxv clxxx cly clycerole clying clype clypeal clypeastroid | clypeate clyped clypei clypeiform clypes clypeus (current term) clyping clypt clysis clysmian | clysmic clyster clysters cléché cm cmavo cmc cmd cmdlet cmdlets |
Literary usage of Clypeus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock (1920)
"The clypeus.—The clypeus is the intermediate of the three unpaired sclerites between
... Although the clypeus almost always appears to be a single sclerite, ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1904)
"My results have convinced me that so intimate a relation between primary segmentation
and the sclerites cannot be shown. I find that the front, clypeus, ..."
3. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1907)
"clypeus dull 57. clypeus shining 59. 57. Nearly all of the scopal hairs white 58.
... clypeus very closely punctured, appearing granular ; posterior tibiae ..."
4. Transactions of the American Entomological Society by American Entomological Society (1897)
"clypeus flat, slightly rounded at apex, nearly truncate and without ...
clypeus transversely impressed before apex and with median and lateral apical ..."
5. Journal of the New York Entomological Society by New York Entomological Society (1904)
"clypeus of female black ; pygidial plate truncate var. crucia. clypeus of female
white ; pygidial plate narrowed and rounded at ..."
6. The Mosquitoes of North and Central America and the West Indies by Leland Ossian Howard, Harrison Gray Dyar, Frederick Knab (1912)
"Cross-section through pharyngeal region of head of a male (Jules. The following
letters have the same signification throughout: 0, clypeus. fr, labrum. p, ..."
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