tergum
the dorsal surface of a body segment of an arthropod.
Origin of tergum
1Words Nearby tergum
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use tergum in a sentence
The spur probably answers to the basal point of the usually sub-rhomboidal tergum in Pollicipes and Scalpellum.
A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2) | Charles DarwinThe scutum and tergum, with the few exceptions above stated, are articulated together at a large or open angle.
A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2) | Charles DarwinIn some species of Pyrgoma, the tergum is of so irregular a shape as to defy description.
A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2) | Charles DarwinScutum and tergum articulated together, or overlapping each other; each branchia composed of a single plicated fold.
A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2) | Charles DarwinThe tergum is broad, forming (the spur being excepted) an almost equilateral triangle.
A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2) | Charles Darwin
British Dictionary definitions for tergum
/ (ˈtɜːɡəm) /
a cuticular plate covering the dorsal surface of a body segment of an arthropod: Compare sternum (def. 3)
Origin of tergum
1Derived forms of tergum
- tergal, adjective
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse