nota
nota — noun
1. the hardened dorsal plate that covers each thoracic segment in an insect's body
the hardened dorsal plate that covers each thoracic segment in an insect's body
Under a microscope, the ant's pronotal nota showed a dense pattern of deep ridges.
collocation: pronotal nota (modified noun)
Emre compared the grasshopper's pronotal and mesonotal notae under a dissecting scope.
plural form: notae; modifier pairs: pronotal + mesonotal
Yusuf's paper documented the colour patterns across the pronotal nota of twelve neotropical wasp species.
The scarab beetle's mesonotal nota develop a unique texture not seen in related families.
- tergum
broader term that covers the dorsal wall of any body segment, not just the thorax; 'nota' is specific to the thoracic segments
- sternum
the ventral (lower) surface of a thoracic segment, opposite the nota
文法句型
nota + of + noun phrase
the [pronotal/mesothoracic/metanotal] nota
用法筆記
The plural of 'nota' in scientific Latin is 'notae'. In entomological writing, the word is almost always preceded by a segment-specific modifier such as 'pronotal' (first thoracic segment), 'mesonotal' (second), or 'metanotal' (third).