heminotum

H4E1M3I1N1O1T1U1M3

noun

Either half of the back of an insect

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Meanings

nounheminotum (plural heminota)

plural heminota

  1. Either half of the back of an insect

    To highlight the phenotype, lacking macrochaetae are encircled on the left heminotum.

    2015 October 9, “Generation of New Hairless Alleles by Genomic Engineering at the Hairless Locus in Drosophila melanogaster”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From hemi- + notum.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

methonium
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APA

heminotum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heminotum

MLA

“heminotum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heminotum. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heminotum,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heminotum.

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