pseudorostrum

pseudorostrum
n. [Gr. pseudos, false; L. rostrum, bill]
(ARTHROPODA: Crustacea)
In Malacostraca Cumacea, paired forward projecting plates on the anterior carapace.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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