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Tergite
/ˈtɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒaɪt/
The dorsal portion of an articulate animal's arthromere or somite.
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The dorsal portion of an articulate animal's arthromere or somite.
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| tergumnoun | (entomology) The upper or dorsal surface of an articulated animal such as an arthropod. |
| laterotergitenoun | (zootomy) A lateral tergite of an insect |
| syntergitenoun | A structure, in some flies composed of several fused tergites |
| urotergitenoun | A urite and tergite considered as a unit |
| arthromerenoun | (anatomy) Any of the constitutive body segments of a jointed animal. |
| syntergosternitenoun | An abdominal plate found on some arthropods believed to have evolved by the fusion of one or more tergites with a sternite. |
| paratergitenoun | Synonym of laterotergite. |
| thoracomerenoun | (zootomy) A somite of the thorax of a crustacean. |
| tagmanoun | (morphology of segmented Metazoa) A specialized, structured, grouping of functionally related segments, or analogous subunits, into units such as the head, the thorax, and the abdomen, particularly in various Arthropoda and Vertebrata. |
| metamerenoun | (biology) One of successive or homodynamous parts in animals and plants; one of a series of similar parts that follow one another in a vertebrate or articulate animal, as in an earthworm; a segment or somite. |
| subtegulanoun | (entomology) An elongate sclerite at the base of a tegula |
| prozonitenoun | The anterior tergite of a diplosomite |
| mediotergitenoun | A broad convex area on the posterior end of the insect thorax between the subscutellum and the base of the abdomen |
| gnathosomenoun | A structure, in mites, composed of the fused, sclerotised remnants of dorsal and ventral tergites and sternites |
| cephalomerenoun | (zoology) One of the somites (arthromeres) which make up the head of arthropods. |
| mesocerebrumnoun | A ganglion of antennular somite in arthropods |
| tegmennoun | (biology) A covering or integument, usually referring to a thin layer or membrane in an organism. |
| epimeronnoun | (entomology) In insects, the lateral piece behind the episternum. |
| protomeritenoun | (zoology) The posterior segment of a gregarine. |
| segmentnoun | One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion. |
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