dexiotorma

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dexiotorma (noun; plural dexiotormae; Greek dexios, on the right; torma, socket): (Arthropoda: Insecta) 1. A small sclerotic ring of scarabaeoid larvae, extending inward from the epipharynx, occasionally bearing a heel-shaped pternotorma. 2. The right torma.