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mesophragm Zool.|ˈmɛsəfræm|
Also in Latin form.
[ad. mod.L. mesophragma, f. Gr. µέσο-ς middle + ϕράγµα partition.]
a. Ent. The partition that separates the mesothorax from the metathorax.
b. In Crustacea (see quot. 1880).
1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. III. 379 Mesophragma (the Mesophragm). 1880Huxley Crayfish iv. 158 The inner prolongation of the capital [of an endosternite] is called the mesophragm. 1899D. Sharp Insects ii. (Camb. Nat. Hist.) 312 The great mesophragma.
Hence mesophragmal |mɛsəʊˈfrægməl| a., pertaining to the mesophragm.
1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. vi. 310 The mesophragmal [apophysis]. |