‖ postfrænum, -frenum Ent.
(pəʊstˈfriːnəm)
[mod.L., f. post- B. 2 + frænum.]
(See quots.)
| 1826 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. III. xxxiii. 380 Postfrænum (the Postfrænum). In Coleoptera the part of the Metathorax in which the Postscutellum lies... In general it may be defined, the part that intervenes between the Postscutellum and the Abdomen. Ibid. xxxv. 570 In the Orthoptera Order,..the postscutellum and postfrænum are mere counterparts of the dorsolum, scutellum, and frænum. |