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clypeus

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The frontal plate of the head of an insect.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Lateral ocelli, however, are not found in all termites. sfn Like other insects, termites have a small tongue-shaped labrum and a clypeus ; the clypeus is divided into a postclypeus and anteclypeus. Source: Internet

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