clypeus
noun
the area of the facial wall of an insect's head between the labrum and the frons, usually separated from the latter by a groove.
clypei
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pluralof clypeus.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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A little lower, "Opposui molem clypei, texique jacentem," is amplified by a similar witticism, "My broad buckler hid him from the foe, Even the shield trembled as he lay below."
From The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author by George Saintsbury
To how many, even of those who find pleasure in archæological pursuits, does the charge apply: “—neque enim clypei cælamina norit.”
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower
