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Encephalum

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pseudocephalonnounAn extension of the first segment of the thorax of an insect larva
cephalosomenoun(zoology) The anterior region or head of insects and other arthropods; the anterior of the cephalothorax.
protocerebrumnoun(biology) The anterior part of the arthropod brain.
tritocerebrumnoun(entomology) The third set of fused ganglia comprising the insect brain.
protocephalonnounThe basic embryonic head of an anthropod.
mushroom bodynoun(entomology) Either of a pair of structures in the brains of insects and some other arthropods thought to be involved in learning and memory.
mentumnoun(anatomy) The chin.
microglomerulusnounA synaptic complex in the mushroom body of the brain of some insects
mesocerebrumnounA ganglion of antennular somite in arthropods
episternumnoun(anatomy) The upper segment of the sternum
calyxnoun(botany) The outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, which covers and protects the petals as they develop.
protocerebronnounMisspelling of protocerebrum. [(biology) The anterior part of the arthropod brain.]
cephalothoraxnounThe fused head and thorax of spiders and crustaceans
cephalogenesisnounThe formation of the head (in the developing embryo)
endophragmanoun(zoology) A chitinous structure above the nervous cord in the thorax of certain crustaceans.
ectophallusnoun(biology) The external phallic wall of some insects
procorpusnounThe anterior part of the corpus in the pharynx of a nematode
cephaloprothoraxnounThe fused head and prothorax of spiders and crustaceans
probasisternumnounThe basisternum of the prothorax of some insects
epiphallusnoun(entomology) In some orthopterans, a plate adjacent to the genital complex.

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