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Webster 1913 Edition

Prescutum

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Pre-scu′tum

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Prescuta

.

[NL. See

, and

.]

(Zool.)

The first of the four pieces composing the dorsal part, or tergum, of a thoracic segment of an insect. It is usually small and inconspicuous.