prescutum

== English == === Etymology === From pre- +‎ scutum. === Noun === prescutum (plural prescuta) (zoology) The first dorsal sclerite of a tergum of an insect ==== Related terms ==== prescutal === References === “prescutum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.