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|label=suspensorium
|lexical category=noun; plural <b>-ria</b>
|etymology=Latin <i>sub</i>, under; <i>pendere</i>, to hang
|definition=1. Anything that suspends a part. 

2. ([[Arthropoda]]: [[Insecta]]) <i>a.</i> In Blattoidea, a pair of linear sclerites extending toward the [[lateral]] [[mouth]] angle on each [[side]] of the [[proximal]] half of the [[hypopharynx]]. <i>b.</i> In Coleoptera, extends from the [[adoral]] [[face]] upwards to end in the [[lateral]] walls of the [[stomodeum]]; [[fultura]]. <i>c.</i> Suspensory ligaments that insert into the [[body wall]] or [[dorsal diaphragm]] suspending developing ovaries in the [[hemocoel]].
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{{Concept scheme relation
|scheme=Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology
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