propleurumn.
/prəʊˈplʊər(ə)m/, U.S. /proʊˈplʊr(ə)m/ Entomology.
= propleuron n.Not distinguishable from propleuron when used in the plural only. (The source quoted in quot. 1950 has propleurum for the singular.)
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1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Propleurum, same as propleuron.
1916 Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 9 306 The following parts reddish yellow: scape, axillæ, basal third of scutellum, lateral ridges of the scutum, propleurum, [etc.].
1950 A. Miller in M. Demerec Biol. Drosophila vi. 459 The spiracles..number nine pairs: an anterior mesothoracic pair between propleura and mesopleura, a posterior metathoracic pair.., and seven abdominal pairs.
1975 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 271 479 Between the upper edge of the propleurum and the 1st thoracic link-plate.
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