propodeum
noun
pro·po·de·um
-ēəm
variants
or less commonly propodeon
-ēən
plural propodeums also propodea
-ēə
: the part of the thorax of a hymenopteran that lies immediately over and partly surrounding the insertion of the petiole of the abdomen and represents a basal abdominal segment which has become fused with the thorax
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