CLYPEUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: clypei   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A shield-like plate on the front of an insect's head

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("clypeus" is a kind of...):

protective covering (the tough natural covering of some organisms)

Holonyms ("clypeus" is a part of...):

insect (small air-breathing arthropod)

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