clypeus

Meaning of clypeus

noun
  1. The shield-shaped front part of an insect's head or a spider's cephalothorax.
    1990: 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. — Daniel Evan Weiss, The Roaches Have No King (Serpent's Tail 2001, p.16)

Information about clypeus

  • It is a name.
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Hyphenation of clypeus

clypeus

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
  • clypeus is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Words that rhyme with clypeus

Epeus, epeus, clipeus, Eniopeus, Panopeus

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