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Definition of Clypeus

Clypeus
Clypeus Clyp"e*us, n.; pl. Clypei. [L., a shield.] (Zo["o]l.) The frontal plate of the head of an insect.

Meaning of Clypeus from wikipedia

- The clypeus is one of the sclerites that make up the face of an arthropod. In insects, the clypeus delimits the lower margin of the face, with the labrum...
- Clypeus may refer to: Clypeus (echinoderm), a fossil genus of echinoids Clypeus Grit, a stratum in the Jur****ic Inferior Oolite named for the echinoid...
- Clypeaster portentosus, Clypeasteroida, Miocene, c. 10 mya Clypeus ploti gives its name to the Clypeus Grit of Western England, part of the Oolite. Echinoids...
- stroma (plural: stromata). Some fungi have a shield-shaped layer called a clypeus over their perithecia. This is similar to a perithecium, but the asci are...
- small hardened plate (sclerite) at the base of the chelicerae, under the clypeus Claw: see tarsal claw Claw tuft: A dense group of hairs or bristles (setae)...
- can, in some tarantulas (e.g. Ceratogyrus darlingi) have a "horn". The clypeus is the space between the anterior of the cephalothorax and the ocularium...
- Salperton Limestone contains the Clypeus Grit, a somewhat s****y grainstone that contains the large-diameter echinoid Clypeus ploti as well as Stiphothyris...
- laterally demarcates the clypeus, with the clypeus ventrally separated from the labrum by the clypeolabral suture. The clypeus differs in shape and size...
- only separated from the clypeus on the bottom of the face by not much more than the diameter of an antennal socket. The clypeus is short and wide, and...
- blood quantity or quality. anteclypeus the lower (anterior) portion of the clypeus of insects. antennae The long feelers situated on the head and close to...