propodeum
noun
pro·po·de·um
-ēəm
variants or less commonly propodeon
-ēən
plural propodeums also propodea
-ēə
: the part of the thorax of a hymenopteran that lies immediately over and partly surrounding the insertion of the petiole of the abdomen and represents a basal abdominal segment which has become fused with the thorax
Word History
Etymology
propodeum from New Latin, alteration of propodeon, from pro- entry 1 + podeon; propodeon from New Latin