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English
Etymology
pre- + abdomen
Noun
preabdomen (plural preabdomens or preabdomina)
- The enlarged anterior portion of the abdomen of a scorpion or sea scorpion
- (entomology) The anterior segments of the abdomen, distinguished from the posterior segments holding the reproductive apparatus.
2013, Verner Michelsen, “Proposal of Karliella gen. n. for the Afrotropical ‘Pegomya’ sexpunctata Karl, 1935 (Diptera: Anthomyiidae), a possible kleptoparasite of dung-breeding beetles”, in African Invertebrates, volume 54, number 2, →DOI, pages 335–347:The anthomyiid oviscapt (postabdomen) is as regards the ground plan undoubtedly slender, well set off from and hardly shorter than the preabdomen, and has slender cerci with projecting, cylindrical apices.