Metazone
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Metazone is a noun meaning (anatomy) The posterior zone of the pronotum in an insect of the family Acrididae or Gryllidae.
Meaning
(anatomy) The posterior zone of the pronotum in an insect of the family Acrididae or Gryllidae.
Example Sentences
Median carina strongly cristate on the prozone and on the metazone and with one deep transverse incision so that the prozone is only about one-third the length of the metazone, the incision inclined anterio-ventrad.
Word Forms
- metazones
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include prozone, metasoma, mesosoma, metasternum, mesoventrite, gaster.
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