tagma
[ tag-muh ]
/ ˈtæg mə /
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.
Nearby words
tagliarini, tagliatelle, tagliavini, taglioni, taglock, tagma, tagmeme, tagmemic, tagmemics, tagore, tagrag
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Examples from the Web for tagma
Eleven somites follow these, forming the abdominal “tagma,” giving thus twenty-one somites in all (as in the higher Crustacea).
British Dictionary definitions for tagma
tagma
/ (ˈtæɡmə) /
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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