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单词 metanotum
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metanotumn.

Brit. /mɛtəˈnəʊtəm/, U.S. /ˌmɛdəˈnoʊdəm/
Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Metanotum.
Etymology: < German Metanotum ( H. Burmeister Handb. der Entomol. (1832) I. i. iii. 89) < meta- meta- prefix (compare meta- prefix 3) + ancient Greek νῶτον (see notum n.). See note on parallel formations s.v. mesonotum n.
Entomology.
The tergum of the metathorax of an insect.
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1836 W. E. Shuckard tr. H. Burmeister Man. Entomol. i. 89 Straus-Durckheim..adopts a clavicule to both meso- and meta-notum.
1860 J. Duncan Introd. Entomol. (Naturalist's Libr.: Entomol. I) (new ed.) 109 The dorsal portion [of the metathorax] is the metanotum, commonly quadrangular.
1899 G. H. Carpenter Insects i. 21 The pronotum..is larger than the two succeeding tergites (mesonotum and metanotum).
1926 Proc. Zool. Soc. 151 Dorsally the propodeum is distinctly marked off from the metanotum.
1944 R. Matheson Entomol. for Introd. Courses xix. 449 Cenchri: two small, membranous, oval, usually whitish lobes on the metanotum of all sawflies except the Cephidae.
1969 R. F. Chapman Insects xvi. 303 This exposes a gland on the metanotum and incites the female to climb on his back.
1982 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 79 7382/1 Triply mutant cells in the haltere and metanotum formed wing and mesonotum structures.
1996 Aquatic Insects 18 175 Male and female adults are further distinguished by the possession of a small medial hump on the metanotum.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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