tergum
Americannoun
plural
terganoun
Other Word Forms
- tergal adjective
Etymology
Origin of tergum
1820–30; < Latin: the back
Example Sentences
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The “tergal hypothesis” suggests that wings originated on the tergum — the top of the insect body wall — perhaps as gliding membranes.
From New York Times
Ter′gite, the tergum or back of one of the somites or segments of an arthropod, &c.—adj.
From Project Gutenberg
Somite of a Lobster, separated and viewed from in front. t, tergum; s, sternum; pl, pleuron.
From Project Gutenberg
A dorsal and a ventral plate are often distinguished, known respectively as the tergum and the sternum, and the tergum may overhang the insertion of the limb on each side as a free plate called the pleuron.
From Project Gutenberg
VII, Usually considered to be the tergum of the genital somite, but suggested by Pocock to be that of the otherwise suppressed praegenital somite.
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