tagma

[tag-muh]

noun, plural tag·ma·ta [tag-muh-tuh] /ˈtæg mə tə/.

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.

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Historical Examples of tagma

Eleven somites follow these, forming the abdominal “tagma,” giving thus twenty-one somites in all (as in the higher Crustacea).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6
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British Dictionary definitions for tagma

tagma

noun plural -mata (-mətə)

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

Word Origin for tagma

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

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