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propleuron

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The lateral sclerite of the anterior division of the thorax of an insect

Equivalents

DeutschPropleure

Examples

“Body brown except: yellowish clypeus and inter-torular area; scapus and pedicellus yellow (17 th antennal article grey, 18 th -21 st articles white), propleuron and upper corner of mesopleuron, first metasomal tergite; mesoscutum, scutellum and propodeum suffused with yellow; wing membrane slightly infuscate; pterostigma brown (but rather pale at base⟳ and apex), veins mostly brown, legs yellow, ovipositor sheath brown and apically whitish.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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