tagma

[ tag-muh ]

noun

, plural tag·ma·ta [tag, -m, uh, -t, uh].

1. each of the morphologically distinct sections of the body of an arthropod, comprised of two or more segments, as the head, thorax, and abdomen of an insect.

tagma

/ ˈtæɡmə /

noun

1. zoology a distinct region of the body of an arthropod, such as the head, thorax, or abdomen of an insect

Word History and Origins

Origin of tagma¹

First recorded in 1885–90; from Greek tágma “ordinance, assessment, order, rank”; tactic ( def )

Word History and Origins

Origin of tagma¹

C19: from Greek: something arranged, from tassein to put in order

Example Sentences

Eleven somites follow these, forming the abdominal “tagma,” giving thus twenty-one somites in all (as in the higher Crustacea).

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