metapodeon

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noun

The seventh segment of an insect.

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Meanings

noun
  1. biologyThe seventh segment of an insect.

    […] octoon short, less than half the length of the metapodeon; ennaton much longer than the octoon; decaton as long as the ennaton; […]

    1846, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology, Francis Walker, List of the Specimens of the Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum (page 85)
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APA

metapodeon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metapodeon

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“metapodeon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metapodeon. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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