minuten pin

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minuten pin (plural minuten pins)

  1. (entomology) A small, headless insect pin.
    • 2012 December 5, Wayne N. Mathis, Tadeusz Zatwarnicki, “A revision of the New World species of Gymnoclasiopa Hendel (Diptera: Ephydridae)”, in ZooKeys, volume 248, →DOI, pages 1–69:
      The holotype is double mounted (minuten pin in a block of plastic), is in excellent condition, and is deposited in the USNM.