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frons
[ fronz ]
noun
, plural fron·tes [fron, -teez].
- the upper anterior portion of the head of an insect, above or behind the clypeus.
frons
/ frɒnz /
noun
- an anterior cuticular plate on the head of some insects, in front of the clypeus
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of frons1
C19: from Latin: forehead, brow, front
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Example Sentences
Those parts which lie on the outside of the posterior half of the eyes, between which the Frons and Vertex intervene.
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Frontal stripe of female narrow in front, so broad behind that it entirely fills up the width of the frons.
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Poetry, p. 25, which is of similar structure, we find the doubling of the frons.
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Decipit / Frons prima multos—First appearances deceive many.
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In many stanzas the first and the last part (frons and cauda) are anisometrical.
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