Definition of Pronota

1. pronotum [n] - See also: pronotum

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pronota

pronking
pronks
pronoia
pronomial
pronominal
pronominal adverb
pronominal adverbs
pronominal phrase
pronominal verb
pronominal verbs
pronominalize
pronominalized
pronominalizes
pronominalizing
pronominally
pronota (current term)
pronotal
pronotaries
pronotary
pronotum
pronoun
pronounal
pronounce
pronounceable
pronounced
pronouncedly
pronouncement
pronouncements
pronouncer
pronouncers

Literary usage of Pronota

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Determinate Evolution in the Color-pattern of the Lady-beetles by Roswell Hill Johnson (1910)
"58) gives the following varieties which have pronota as shown in fig. ... The variation in their pronota is given in fig. 61. ..."

2. An Investigation of Evolution in Chrysomelid Beetles of the Genus Leptinotarsa by William Lawrence Tower (1906)
"To tubes of extract prepared as in Experiment I above, the pronota of species not proper to the extract were added; i e., in extract from ..."

3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1921)
"... margins or the pronota! development afford full justification for such action, the material at hand shows further necessity for the present ..."

4. Field Book of Insects: With Special Reference to Those of Northeastern by Frank Eugene Lutz (1918)
"... are black, with yellow-margined pronota. However, E. aurora has scarlet elytra; the under surface of the body is black. ..."

5. The Mechanism of Evolution in Leptinotarsa by William Lawrence Tower, Joseph Kumler Breitenbecher (1918)
"A careful examination of the spots found on the pronota of this species at the center (c) shows that they are not all of the same shape, any more than they ..."

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