front

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front (noun; Latin frons, fore part of anything, face): 1. The forehead; face.

2. (Arthropoda: Crustacea) In Decapoda, that part of a brachyuran carapace between the orbits.

3. (Arthropoda: Insecta) a. That portion of a cranium between the antennae, eyes, and ocelli; the frons. b. In ants, the facial area above the clypeus between the frontal carinae; dorsally it passes without definite boundary into the vertex.