Definitions for clypeus

clypeus clyp·e·us

Spelling: [klip-ee-uh s]
IPA: /ˈklɪp i əs/

Clypeus is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 153 anagrams from letters in clypeus (celpsuy).

Definitions for clypeus

noun

  1. the area of the facial wall of an insect's head between the labrum and the frons, usually separated from the latter by a groove.

Origin of clypeus

1825-35; New Latin, special use of Latin clypeus, clipeus round shield

Examples for clypeus

Ferruginous, with the abdomen black; the anterior margin of the clypeus rounded.

Brides: Homoptera; two pieces on the face, one each side of clypeus and lower part of front.

On the abdomen of all the specimens, and on the clypeus of one of them, grew a fungus wholly unlike the surrounding mould.

Bright red; the anterior margin of the clypeus with a minute tooth in the centre; the tips of the mandibles fuscous.

Black; the clypeus angular in front, its anterior margin and a spot on the mandibles yellow; the antennæ rufo-testaceous beneath.

Fabricius has denominated this part the clypeus, in which he has been followed by most modern Entomologists.

The labrum, or upper lip, is separated by a deep suture from the clypeus, and is trapezoidal in form.

The portion of the face bounded by this groove is called the clypeus.

The face with silvery pile on each side of the clypeus, and sprinkled with erect black hairs.

The scape, labrum, mandibles and palpi ferruginous; the clypeus widely emarginate anteriorly.

Word Value for clypeus
Scrable

14

Words with friends

17

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