clypeus

2 definitions found

clypeus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Clypeus \Clyp"e*us\, n.; pl. Clypei. [L., a shield.] (Zool.)
     The frontal plate of the head of an insect.
     [1913 Webster]

clypeus - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  clypeus
      n 1: a shield-like plate on the front of an insect's head