Pronotum

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pronotum \Pro*no"tum\, n.; pl. {Pronota}. [NL. See {Pro-}, and
     {Notum}.] (Zool.)
     The dorsal plate of the prothorax in insects. See Illust. of
     {Coleoptera}.
     [1913 Webster]