tergal
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When a male roach targets a female roach, he will back up to her, secreting a solution called a nuptial gift from the tergal gland under his wings.
From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2023
The prae-genital somite wide, not constricted, with large tergal plate, but with its sternal plate small or inconspicuous.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
The deepest part of the cavity lies parallel to the tergal margin along the upper side, and here, in the older valves, the preparatory furrow can by care be distinctly traced.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
The lines of growth do not end abruptly at the tergo-lateral angle, as is the case with S. ornatum and several fossil species, but run up a little way along the tergal margin.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
In L. truncata and L. Valentiana, this ridge on the tergum being folded over towards the scutum, forms a conspicuous furrow, receiving the tergal margin of the latter.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
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