prefemur en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English femur English prefemur From pre- + femur.
Meanings
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Synonym of ischiopodite.
Diagnostic characters such as the number of teeth on the coxosternal tooth-plates, tergite margination, and the number of spines on the ultimate leg prefemur showed high variability, as has previously been recognized in various species of Scolopendra [30 ].
2015 August 14, “The Centipede Genus Scolopendra in Mainland Southeast Asia: Molecular Phylogenetics, Geometric Morphometrics and External Morphology as Tools for Species Delimitation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| prefemurs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |