clypeus
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English
Etymology
From Latin clipeus (“round shield”).
Pronunciation
Noun
clypeus (plural clypei)
- (entomology) The shield-shaped front part of an insect's head or a spider's cephalothorax.
- 1990, Daniel Evan Weiss, The Roaches Have No King (Serpent's Tail 2001, p.16)
- Cuisinart stuck a human eyelash to his clypeus with saliva, twisted it into a handlebar mustache, and greeted citizens as they arrived at the rim of the sink.
- 1996, Michael J. Roberts, Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe (Collins 1996, p. 14)
- When viewed from the front, the part of the carapace between the anterior eyes and the front edge of the carapace is called the clypeus.
- 1990, Daniel Evan Weiss, The Roaches Have No King (Serpent's Tail 2001, p.16)
Derived terms
Translations
front part of an insect's head or a spider's cephalothorax
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkly.pe.us/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkli.pe.us/,
Noun
clypeus m (genitive clypeī); second declension
- Alternative form of clipeus
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | clypeus | clypeī |
| Genitive | clypeī | clypeōrum |
| Dative | clypeō | clypeīs |
| Accusative | clypeum | clypeōs |
| Ablative | clypeō | clypeīs |
| Vocative | clypee | clypeī |
References
- clypeus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)