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n. [Gr. mesos, middle; L. post, after; Gr. notos, back](ARTHROPODA: Insecta)The postnotum of the mesothorax; see metapostnotum.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
mesopostnotum
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