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frons

[ fronz ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural fron·tes [fron, -teez].

the upper anterior portion of the head of an insect, above or behind the clypeus.

frons

/ frɒnz /

an anterior cuticular plate on the head of some insects, in front of the clypeus

Origin of frons¹

1855–60; < New Latin, Latin frōns forehead, front

Origin of frons¹

C19: from Latin: forehead, brow, front

Those parts which lie on the outside of the posterior half of the eyes, between which the Frons and Vertex intervene.

Frontal stripe of female narrow in front, so broad behind that it entirely fills up the width of the frons.

Poetry, p. 25, which is of similar structure, we find the doubling of the frons.

Decipit / Frons prima multos—First appearances deceive many.

In many stanzas the first and the last part (frons and cauda) are anisometrical.

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