Meanings
nounpronotum (plural pronota)
plural pronota
- The dorsal plate of the prothorax in insects
Adult oriental cockroaches are shiny black, with unpatterned pronota, and are therefore often confused with smokybrowns.
1990, California Agriculture, volume 44, California Agricultural Experiment Station, page 231 more example
Phycosecids are small, ovate, convex beetles with a prognathous head, partly covered by a semicircular projection of the pronotum and a dorsal vestiture of whitish scales or scalelike setae.
2013, Adam Slipinski, Australian Beetles Volume 1: Morphology, Classification and Keys
Origin
Translations
French pronotum
- pronotumdorsal plate of the prothorax in insects
Italian pronoto
- pronotodorsal plate of the prothorax in insects
Polish przedplecze
- przedpleczedorsal plate of the prothorax in insects
Romanian pronot
- pronotdorsal plate of the prothorax in insects
Russian проно́тум, переднеспи́нка
- проно́тум (pronótum)dorsal plate of the prothorax in insects
- переднеспи́нка (perednespínka)dorsal plate of the prothorax in insects
Spanish pronoto
- pronotodorsal plate of the prothorax in insects
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APA
pronotum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pronotum
MLA
“pronotum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pronotum. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pronotum,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pronotum.
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