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单词 metapleuron
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metapleuronn.

Brit. /ˌmɛtəˈplʊərɒn/, U.S. /ˌmɛdəˈplʊˌrɑn/
Inflections: Plural metapleura Brit. /ˌmɛtəˈplʊərə/, U.S. /ˌmɛdəˈplʊrə/.
Forms: 1800s– metapleuron, 1900s metapleurum.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meta- prefix, pleuron n.
Etymology: < meta- prefix + pleuron n. Compare metapleural adj. and metapleure n.
Zoology.
1. Entomology. The lateral wall of the metathorax of an insect.
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1848 S. Maunder Treasury Nat. Hist. Gloss. 794/1 Metapleura, the lateral surfaces of the metathorax.
1926 Proc. Zool. Soc. 150 The line of demarcation between the metapleurum and the propodeum has been obliterated.
1951 C. N. Colyer & C. O. Hammond Flies Brit. Isles 24 Collectively they [sc. the pleurites] are termed the pleura and consist of the notopleuron, propleuron, mesopleuron, pteropleuron, metapleuron, [etc.].
1977 O. W. Richards & R. G. Davies Imms's Gen. Textbk. Entomol. (ed. 10) II. 573 The metapleura [in the earwig] are almost horizontally arranged.
1992 Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 55 1 Line drawings of the head, metapleuron, spermatheca, ovipositor, clasper, and aedeagus are provided for each genus.
2. Zoology. = metapleure n. Now rare.
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1875 Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. 15 267 Metapleura, the upstanding hollow ridges or latero-ventral folds which, in Amphioxus, form the lateral margins of the ventral surface.
1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 888/1 (caption) Canals of metapleura exposed by cutting.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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