Usually means: Frontal part of an insect.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. frons: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. frons: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. frons: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Frons, frons: Wordnik
  5. frons: Wiktionary
  6. frons: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. frons: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. frons: Dictionary.com
  9. Frons: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Frons: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. frons: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. Frons, frons (de): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. frons: FreeDictionary.org
  14. frons: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. frons: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. frons: Medical dictionary

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. frons: Dictionary of Botanical Epithets
  2. Glossary of Roots of Botanical Names (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Entomology (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (frons)

noun:  (anatomy) In vertebrates, especially mammals, the forehead; the part of the cranium between the orbits and the vertex.
noun:  (entomology) The front part of the epicranium or head capsule of many insects; generally speaking, the area below or between the antennae and above the clypeus. Typically it lies between the genal or "cheek" areas on either side of the head.
noun:  (entomology) (of Diptera) The postfrons.

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