Meaning & use
Frons
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The forehead; in anatomy and entomology, the front upper part of the head, especially the region above the eyes in insects.
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The beetle's frons bore a small, distinctive ridge used to identify the species.
In human anatomy, the frons refers simply to the forehead region of the skull.
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"Frons" is the Latin word for "forehead," and it survives directly in English anatomical and entomological terminology rather than being translated.
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