tergite

[ tur-jahyt ]

noun

1. the dorsal sclerite of an abdominal segment of an insect.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tergite¹

First recorded in 1880–85; terg(um) + -ite ¹

Example Sentences

A series of paired longitudinal dorsal muscles passing from tergite to tergite of each successive segment.

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A pair of dorso-ventral muscles passing from tergite to sternite in each segment.

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The first shows the low rounded appendifers at the anterior angle of each axial tergite.

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The epimeron is placed laterally to the first abdominal tergite.

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Thorax much shorter than the head and than the first tergite.

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