tergum
noun
the dorsal surface of a body segment of an arthropod.
terga
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pluralof tergum.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Hermaph.—Valves and spines on the peduncle yellowish: basal angle of the terga, viewed internally, blunt, owing to the lower carinal margin being more protuberant than the scutal margin.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
Therefore, I conclude, that C. chelonophilus, and still more C. Olfersii, are only varieties; the terga presenting the greatest, yet variable, amount of difference, namely, in their acumination and flatness.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
The Capitulum is formed of smooth membrane, including five small valves, of which the terga and carina are often quite rudimentary or absent.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
The wings of Hexapoda are lateral expansions of the terga of the second and third thoracic somites.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various
Var.—Carina absent; scuta, with the upper lobe absent; terga, with the rectangular projection little developed.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
