tergum
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Origin of tergum
1820–30; < Latin: the back
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"Claudentur belli portæ; Furor impius intus, Sæva sedens super arma, et centum vinctus ahenis Post tergum nodis, fremit horridus ore cruento."
From The Tatler, Volume 3 by Various
VII, Usually considered to be the tergum of the genital somite, but suggested by Pocock to be that of the otherwise suppressed praegenital somite.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
Ibla quadrivalvis; internal view of scutum and tergum, and of the upper part of the outer integument of the peduncle; magnified four times. 9a�.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
Somite of a Lobster, separated and viewed from in front. t, tergum; s, sternum; pl, pleuron.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
The posterior carapace of the Trilobites and of Limulus is probably enough in origin a telsonic carapace—that is to say, is the tergum of the last segment of the body which carries the anus.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
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