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Meaning of postpetiole | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The second segment of the pedicel of some ants.

Examples

“Moreover, the beetle uses a row of scrapers (placed on the proximal abdominal segment) (Fig 1, 1B3 and 1B4 ) rather than the single scraper (placed on the postpetiole, i.e. the third abdominal tergite) used by the ant (Fig 1, 1A3 and 1A4 ).”

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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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