Clypĕus [2]

Clypĕus [2]

Clypĕus, Gattung aus der Familie der Seeigel; schildförmig, mit 5 blätterartigen, krummen Fühlergängen u. mit warziger Oberfläche; weder Mund noch After in der Mitte; s. Seeigel u. Echiniten.


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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  • Clypeus — Clyp e*us, n.; pl. {Clypei}. [L., a shield.] (Zo[ o]l.) The frontal plate of the head of an insect. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Clypĕus [1] — Clypĕus (lat.), 1) runder Schild, s. Schild; 2) kleines, schildförmiges Brustbild; 3) (Zool.), bei Schildkröten das Rückenschild; bei Insecten das Kopfschild …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • clypeus — clypeus, or clipeus /klipiyas/ In old English law, a shield; metaphorically one of a noble family. @ clypei prostrati noble families extinct @ …   Black's law dictionary

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  • clypeus — [klip′ē əs] n. pl. clypei [klip′ē ī΄] [ModL < L clipeus, clupeus, a shield] a median plate or shieldlike process on the anterior portion of the head of certain insects …   English World dictionary

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  • clypeus — n. [L. clypeus, shield] 1. (ARTHROPODA: Chelicerata) The anterior tagma between eyes and cheliceral bases in arachnids. 2. (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) That part of the head bearing the labrum. 3. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) The sclerite on the lower part… …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • clypeus — clypeal, adj. /klip ee euhs/, n., pl. clypei /klip ee uy , ee ee /. the area of the facial wall of an insect s head between the labrum and the frons, usually separated from the latter by a groove. [1825 35; < NL, special use of L clypeus, clipeus …   Universalium

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