r: used as a prefix to designate the parts of the first
thoracic segment.
Proboscidea: an ordinal term for the Coccidae.
Proboscis: generally applied to any extended mouth structure; usually
applied to the extensile mouth of the Diptera; frequently to the beak of
Hemiptera; sometimes to the tongue of Lepidoptera; and rarely, to the
mouth of long-tongued bees.
Procephalic: relating or belonging to the procephalon.
Procephalic lobes: in the embryo, form part of the anterior,
overhanging portion of the head.
Procephalon: that segment of the head in the embryo which is formed
by the coalescence of the first three primitive segments.
Procerebral: that segment of the brain containing the median
protocerebrum and optic ganglia; also called optic segment.
Procerebral lobes: the central portion of the cerebrum, made up of the
fused median lobes, giving rise to the mushroom bodies; q.v.
Procerebrum: the anterior part of the brain, formed by the ganglion of
the first primary segment; also termed ocular lobe, froth part it
innervates. Process: a prolongation of the surface, margin, or an
appendage: any prominent portion of the body not otherwise
definable.
Process of labrum: in bees = appendicle: q.v.
Procidentia: the narrow projecting tip of 7th dorsal segment in
Nematinae.
Proclinate: directed forward; applied to hair or bristles.
Proctodaeum: the invagination of epiblast that produces the anus and
intestine as far forward as and including malpighian tubes.
Proculiform or Poculiform: hollow, cylindrical, with a hemispherical
base, the sides at top straight goblet-shaped.
Procumbent: trailing; prostrate; lying flat.
Produced: drawn out; prolonged; extended from.
Proeminent: said of the head when it is horizontal and does not form
an angle with the thorax.
Profile: the outline as seen from the side.
Profound, Profundus: deep.
Prognathus: having the jaws directed forward.
Progoneate: with the genital opening on an anterior body segment.
Progonia: the anterior angle of the secondaries.
Proleg: any process or appendage that serves the purpose of a leg:
specifically the fleshy unjointed abdominal legs of caterpillars and
certain saw-fly larvae: = abdominal feet: false legs.
Proloma: the anterior margin of the secondaries.
Prolonged: extended or lengthened beyond ordinary limits.
Promeros: the first abdominal segment in Lepidoptera.
Prominent: raised or produced beyond the level
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