clypeus
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clypeus englanniksi
The shield-shaped front part of an insect's head or a spider's cephalothorax.
1990, Daniel Evan Weiss, ''The Roaches Have No King'' (Serpent's Tail 2001, p.16)
- Cuisinart stuck a human eyelash to his clypeus with saliva, twisted it into a handlebar mustache, and greeted citizens as they arrived at the rim of the sink.
1996, Michael J. Roberts, ''Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe'' (Collins 1996, p. 14)
- When viewed from the front, the part of the carapace between the anterior eyes and the front edge of the carapace is called the clypeus.
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