‖ postpectus Zool.
(pəʊstˈpɛktəs)
[mod.L., f. post- A. 2 b + pectus breast.]
a. Entom. The underside of the metathorax. b. ‘The hind-breast, or hinder part of the breast’ (Cent. Dict.). Hence postˈpectoral a., pertaining to or connected with the postpectus.
| 1826 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. III. xxxiii. 382 Postpectus... The underside of the second segment of the alitrunk. Ibid. xxxv. 543 Analogous to the scapula of the medipectus and parapleura of the postpectus. Ibid. IV. 344 Legs... Postpectoral... The hind-legs, affixed to the Postpectus. |