metazone

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noun

The posterior zone of the pronotum in an insect of the family Acrididae or Gryllidae.

OriginEnglish zone ← Latin zōna ← Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-) →
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Meanings

nounmetazone (plural metazones)

plural metazones

  1. anatomyThe posterior zone of the pronotum in an insect of the family Acrididae or Gryllidae.

    Median carina strongly cristate on the prozone and on the metazone and with one deep transverse incision so that the prozone is only about one-third the length of the metazone, the incision inclined anterio-ventrad.

    1924, William Williams Henderson, A Taxonomic and Ecological Study of the Species of the Subfamily Oedipodinae (Orthoptera-Acrididae) Found in Utah, page 53

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekμετᾰ́ (metắ)
  2. Ancient Greekμετᾰ- (metă-)
  3. Englishmeta-
  4. Latinzōna
  5. Englishzone
  6. Englishmetazone

From meta- + zone. Piecewise doublet of metazona.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “metazone,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metazone.

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