mesonotumn.

Brit.

/ˌmɛsə(ʊ)ˈnəʊtəm/, U.S.

/ˌmɛzoʊˈnoʊdəm/; see also meso- comb. form.

Inflections: Plural mesonota.

Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Mesonotum.

Etymology: < German Mesonotum ( H. Burmeister Handb. der Entomol. (1832) I. i. iii. 84) < meso- meso- comb. form + ancient Greek νῶτον back (see noto- comb. form). Compare Burmeister's parallel formations Metanotum metanotum n. and Pronotum pronotum n., and also later notum n. and postnotum n.

Entomology.

The dorsal sclerite or tergum of the mesothorax of an insect.

ΚΠ

1836 W. E. Shuckard tr. H. Burmeister Man. Entomol. 78 The mesonotum.

1899 G. H. Carpenter Insects i. 21 The pronotum..is larger than the two succeeding tergites (mesonotum and metanotum).

1910 W. M. Wheeler Ants 21 The space on each side between the mesonotum and the mesosternum is occupied by a pair of elements, one of which the mesopisternum, is ventral; the other, the mesepimeron, dorsal.

1968 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 60 1253 Heterozygous spl/y w larvae were X-rayed and their mesonota inspected for split and for yellow bristled spots.

1994 Discov. & Innovation 6 410/2 Individual insects, slowed down by cold treatment, were dosed with 0.05 ml of definitive solutions on the mesonotum using a hypodermic syringe.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mesonotum
释义	mesonotumn. Brit. /ˌmɛsə(ʊ)ˈnəʊtəm/, U.S. /ˌmɛzoʊˈnoʊdəm/; see also meso- comb. form. Inflections: Plural mesonota. Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Mesonotum. Etymology: < German Mesonotum ( H. Burmeister Handb. der Entomol. (1832) I. i. iii. 84) < meso- meso- comb. form + ancient Greek νῶτον back (see noto- comb. form). Compare Burmeister's parallel formations Metanotum metanotum n. and Pronotum pronotum n., and also later notum n. and postnotum n. Entomology. The dorsal sclerite or tergum of the mesothorax of an insect. ΚΠ 1836 W. E. Shuckard tr. H. Burmeister Man. Entomol. 78 The mesonotum. 1899 G. H. Carpenter Insects i. 21 The pronotum..is larger than the two succeeding tergites (mesonotum and metanotum). 1910 W. M. Wheeler Ants 21 The space on each side between the mesonotum and the mesosternum is occupied by a pair of elements, one of which the mesopisternum, is ventral; the other, the mesepimeron, dorsal. 1968 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 60 1253 Heterozygous spl/y w larvae were X-rayed and their mesonota inspected for split and for yellow bristled spots. 1994 Discov. & Innovation 6 410/2 Individual insects, slowed down by cold treatment, were dosed with 0.05 ml of definitive solutions on the mesonotum using a hypodermic syringe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1836
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