Meanings
nounminuten pin (plural minuten pins)
plural minuten pins
- biologyA small, headless insect pin.
The holotype is double mounted (minuten pin in a block of plastic), is in excellent condition, and is deposited in the USNM.
2012 December 5, Wayne N. Mathis, Tadeusz Zatwarnicki, “A revision of the New World species of Gymnoclasiopa Hendel (Diptera: Ephydridae)”, in ZooKeys, volume 248, →DOI, pages 1–69
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