Meaning

2 senses
  1. The part of a crustacean behind the cephalothorax.

  2. The terminal segments of the abdomen of an insect, modified for reproduction.

Origin

From post- + abdomen.

From post- + abdomen.

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Forms

plural: postabdomens / postabdomina
Singularpostabdomen
Pluralpostabdomens / postabdomina

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
part of a crustacean:abdomen
terminal segments of an insect:terminaliahypopygium

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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