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单词 metepimeron
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metepimeronn.

Brit. /ˌmɛtɛpɪˈmɪərɒn/, U.S. /ˈˌmɛdɛpəˈmɪrˌɑn/
Forms: 1800s metaepimeron, 1900s– metepimeron.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meta- prefix, epimeron n.
Etymology: < meta- prefix + epimeron n.
Entomology.
The epimeron of an insect's metathorax.
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1895 J. H. Comstock & A. B. Comstock Man. Study Insects xxi. 503 (caption) Metaepimeron.
1906 N.E.D. at Propleuron Cf. mesopleuron and metapleuron, with their divisions mesepimeron, metepimeron, etc.
1910 W. M. Wheeler Ants 21 It is possible to distinguish a metasternum, to which the coxa of the hind-leg is articulated, a metepisternum and a metepimeron.
1944 R. Matheson Entomol. for Introd. Courses iii. 53 These sclerites slope from above downward and posteriorly. They are named according to the segment to which they belong. The mesepisternum and mesepimeron for the mesothorax; and the metepisternum and metepimeron for the metathorax.
1977 O. W. Richards & R. G. Davies Imms's Gen. Textbk. Entomol. (ed. 10) II. 497 The metepimera..have grown..backwards, usually fusing ventrally behind the metasternum.
1989 S. W. Nichols Torre-Bueno Gloss. Entomol. 447 Metepimeron, epimeron of the metathorax.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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