alloscutum
Noun
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Noun
alloscutum (plural alloscuta)
- (zoology) the flexible part of the dorsal body wall behind the rigid scutum in a hard tick, particularly a female, — the alloscutum is the part of the body wall that must stretch to accommodate the blood that the tick swallows when it engorges in preparation for laying eggs.
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