Corpotentorium
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Corpotentorium is a noun meaning (entomology) A median ventral plate of the tentorium of some insects.
Meaning
(entomology) A median ventral plate of the tentorium of some insects.
Example Sentences
The large bar extending cephalad from each end of the corpotentorium to a pretentorina is a pretentorium.
In more primitive insects a median plate called the corpotentorium is sometimes formed between the two sides of the tentorium, but this plate is poorly developed or absent in Diptera.
Word Forms
- corpotentoria
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ventrite, metacorpus, armarium, mentum, mesoventrite, tritocerebrum.
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