Prophragmata

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

  Prophragma \Pro*phrag"ma\, n.; pl. {Prophragmata}. [NL., fr. Gr.
     ? before + ?, ?, fence, screen. ] (Zool.)
     An internal dorsal chitinous process between the first two
     divisions of the thorax of insects.
     [1913 Webster]