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Clypeus has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a shield-like plate on the front of an insect's head

2

The shield-shaped front part of an insect's head or a spider's cephalothorax.

See Also
clypeal spider buccal cavity frons clypeolabrum clypei postclypeus anteclypeus
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
protective covering
Rhyming Words
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