nota

IPA/nˈəʊtə/
IPA/nˈoʊɾə/

nota — 名詞

1. the hardened dorsal plate that covers each thoracic segment in an insect's body

1.名詞C2
釋義

背板

昆蟲胸節背面的骨板

the hardened dorsal plate that covers each thoracic segment in an insect's body

例句

Under a microscope, the ant's pronotal nota showed a dense pattern of deep ridges.

在顯微鏡下，這隻螞蟻的前胸背板呈現出密集的深刻脊狀紋路。

collocation: pronotal nota (modified noun)

Emre compared the grasshopper's pronotal and mesonotal notae under a dissecting scope.

Emre 在解剖顯微鏡下比較了蚱蜢的前胸背板和中胸背板。

plural form: notae; modifier pairs: pronotal + mesonotal

同義詞
  • tergum

    broader term that covers the dorsal wall of any body segment, not just the thorax; 'nota' is specific to the thoracic segments

反義詞
  • 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).

常見錯誤

❌The insect's back is called the nota.
✅The hard plate on the upper side of a thoracic segment is called the nota.
💡'Nota' refers specifically to a thoracic segment's dorsal surface, not the whole back of the insect.