tagma

[tag-muh]

noun

plural

tagmata 

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

The team, known internally as Tagma, a Greek term used to describe an infantry battalion, recently lost several top staff including investment leaders and the head of human resources.

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Just before the Tagma team pitched the Vision Fund, its chief technology officer, Jean Sini, left the company.

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But in higher Crustacea the cephalic “tagma” is extended, and more somites are added to the fusion, and their appendages adapted as jaws of a kind.

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The genital apertures are placed on the first somite of the second tagma or mesosoma.

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Arthropod head is a tagma or group of somites which differ in number and in their relative position in regard to the mouth, in different classes.

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