Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The third segment of an insect's brain, comprising the esophageal lobes.

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  • noun entomology the third set of fused ganglia composing the insect brain.

Etymologies

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trito- (“third”) +‎ cerebrum

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Examples

  • OEsophageal lobes: form posterior portion of brain or tritocerebrum.

    Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith

  • Nervous system: Its nervous system is made up of a brain, which has three pairs of deutocerebrum innervates the antennae; and the last pair, the tritocerebrum, controls the labrum, and also connects the rest of the nervous system to the brain.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Nervous system: Its nervous system is made up of a brain, which has three pairs of deutocerebrum innervates the antennae; and the last pair, the tritocerebrum, controls the labrum, and also connects the rest of the nervous system to the brain.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Nervous system: Its nervous system is made up of a brain, which has three pairs of deutocerebrum innervates the antennae; and the last pair, the tritocerebrum, controls the labrum, and also connects the rest of the nervous system to the brain.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • [[tritocerebrum]], controls the labrum, and also connects the rest of the nervous system to the brain.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2009

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