postnotum

noun

post·​notum

: a small dorsal sclerite on the insect thorax posterior to the notum

called also postscutellum

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from post- + notum

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Rhymes for postnotum

• pronotum
• mesonotum
• totem
• totum