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frons

American  
[fronz] / frɒnz /

noun

frontes plural

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

frons British  
/ frɒnz /

noun

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

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Origin of frons

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

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Linschoten repeats the like, and one of his plates is entitled Habitus Abissinorum quibus loco Baptismatis frons inuritur.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Yule, Henry

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