octoon

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noun

The eighth segment of an insect.

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Meanings

noun
  1. biologyThe eighth 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)

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Oconto
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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