frons

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /fɹɒnz/    美 /fɹɑnz/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. In vertebrates, especially mammals, the forehead; the part of the cranium between the orbits and the vertex.
  2. The front part of the epicranium or head capsule of many insects; generally speaking, the area below or between the antennae and above the clypeus. Typically it lies between the genal or "cheek" areas on either side of the head.
    — In a generalized insect the frons extends from the vertex to the frontoclypeal (epistomal) suture, between the two anterior tentorial pits.
  3. (of Diptera) The postfrons.
    — In most blondeliines (and in most Tachinidae in general), males have a narrower frons than conspecific females […]

词形变化

frontes plural

词汇关系

近义词
forehead
衍生词
prefrons

词源

Borrowed from Latin frōns (“the forehead, brow, front”). Doublet of front.
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