tergite
[ tur-jahyt ]
noun
the dorsal sclerite of an abdominal segment of an insect.
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How to use tergite in a sentence
A series of paired longitudinal dorsal muscles passing from tergite to tergite of each successive segment.
The Origin of Vertebrates | Walter Holbrook GaskellA pair of dorso-ventral muscles passing from tergite to sternite in each segment.
The Origin of Vertebrates | Walter Holbrook GaskellThe first shows the low rounded appendifers at the anterior angle of each axial tergite.
The Appendages, Anatomy, and Relationships of Trilobites | Percy Edward RaymondThe epimeron is placed laterally to the first abdominal tergite.
The Flea | Harold RussellThorax much shorter than the head and than the first tergite.
Handbook of Medical Entomology | William Albert Riley
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