'Prescutum' definitions:
Definition of '
Prescutum
'
From:
GCIDE
Prescutum \Pre*scu"tum\, n.; pl.
Prescuta
. [NL. See Pr[ae]-, and
Scutum
.] (Zool.) The first of the four pieces composing the dorsal part, or tergum, of a thoracic segment of an insect. It is usually small and inconspicuous. [1913 Webster]
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