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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A small portion of the apex of the valve projects over the terga.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
In full grown specimens, the terga almost invariably drop out and are lost; but even in this case, a long brownish cleft in the membrane of the capitulum, marks their former position.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
The only exception to this is presented by Scutigera, where the terga corresponding to the somites bearing the fifteen pairs of legs are reduced by fusion and suppression to seven.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
Scuta three-lobed: terga concave internally, with their apices slightly curved inwards: carina moderately developed, slightly curved: peduncle blending into the capitulum.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
Description.—The capitulum is not much compressed, a horizontal section giving an oval figure; it is placed obliquely on the peduncle, the scuta descending lower than the terga and carina.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
