podeon

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• podeon — see propodeum, metapodeon …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• podeon — po·de·on …   English syllables

• metapodeon — n. [Gr. meta, after; podeon, neck] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) That part of an abdomen behind the podeon or petiole …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• propodeum — n. [Gr. pro, before; podeon, neck] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) 1. In apocrite Hymenoptera the fused first abdominal segment; median segment; propodeon also used; see alitrunk. 2. For Formicidae, a synonym for epinotum …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology