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单词 propodeum
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propodeumn.

Brit. /prəʊˈpɒdɪəm/, /ˌprɒpəˈdɪəm/, U.S. /proʊˈpɑdiəm/, /ˌprɑpəˈdiəm/
Forms: 1800s propodeon, 1800s– propodeum, 1900s– propodaeum (irregular).
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: pro- prefix2, Greek ποδεών.
Etymology: < pro- prefix2 + ancient Greek ποδεών neck or mouth of a wineskin, or of the bladder, any narrow end (see podeon n.).The Latinized form in -podeum (after Latin neuter nouns ending in -um) was apparently founded on the misconception that the Greek word is a neuter in -ον.
Entomology.
The segment anterior to and partly surrounding the petiole of hymenopterans.The propodeum appears to be the posterior part of the thorax but it is, in origin, the first segment of the abdomen.
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propodeum1833
1833 E. Newman in Entomol. Mag. I. 410 The fifth segment is the Propodeon, and is, of the whole thirteen, the most difficult to determine, because in orders of the same class it appears in different modes.
1868 A. S. Packard Guide to Study of Insects 161 In Cemonus the front narrows rapidly towards the insertion of the mandibles, and there is a short triangular enclosure on the propodeum.
1958 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 148 439 The propodaeum is counted as the 1st abdominal segment.
1976 T. Hooper Guide to Bees & Honey i. 12 The thorax terminates in a segment called the propodeum, which is really the first segment of the abdomen but which looks like an integral part of the thorax.
2001 Systematic Biol. 50 267/2 Metanotum or dorsal part of the metathorax..fused to the propodeum.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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