Usually means: Secondary shield behind the scutellum.
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  1. postscutellum: Merriam-Webster
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  3. postscutellum: Wiktionary
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  5. Postscutellum: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. postscutellum: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Postscutellum: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. postscutellum: FreeDictionary.org
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▸ noun:  (zoology) The hindmost dorsal piece of a thoracic somite of an insect; the plate behind the scutellum.

Similar:
mesoscutum, prescutum, scutum, scute, scutellation, alloscutum, scutellerid, scutigeromorph, opisthosoma, scutigerid, more...

Opposite:
prescutellum, anterior scutellum

Types:
metascutellum, propodeum, mesoscutellum, metanotum, anepisternum, anepimer, more...

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Similar:
mesoscutum, prescutum, scutum, scute, scutellation, alloscutum, scutellerid, scutigeromorph, opisthosoma, scutigerid, more...

Opposite:
prescutellum, anterior scutellum

Types:
metascutellum, propodeum, mesoscutellum, metanotum, anepisternum, anepimer, more...



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