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Definition of Tergum

1. n. The back of an animal.

Definition of Tergum

1. Noun. (biology) The upper or dorsal surface of an articulated animal such as an arthropod ¹

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Definition of Tergum

1. a back part of a segment of an arthropod [n -GA]

Medical Definition of Tergum

1. Origin: L, the back. The back of an animal. The dorsal piece of a somite of an articulate animal. One of the dorsal plates of the operculum of a cirriped. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tergum

Literary usage of Tergum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia: With Figures of All the Species by Charles Darwin (1854)
"7 a, Acasta fenestrata; 7 b, scutum, and 7 c, tergum, internal views. ... 6 a, Elminius Kingii; 6 b and 6 e, scutum and tergum, internal views of; 6d, ..."

2. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock (1920)
"Reference has already been made to the division of a body-segment into a tergum, two pleura, and a sternum; each of these divisions will be considered ..."

3. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1897)
"tergum black, the sutures, exteriorly, with a double black spot. Length to end of abdomen, 9 to 10 mm. Width of pronotum, 5^ to 6 mm. ..."

4. Guide to the Study of Insects: And a Treatise on Those Injurious and by Alpheus Spring Packard (1870)
"These tubercles result from a simple thickening of the blastoderm, and what is ultimately destined to be the back (tergum) of the animal, arises from a ..."

5. Guide to the Study of Insects and a Treatise on Those Injurious and by Alpheus Spring Packard (1876)
"These tubercles result from a simple thickening of the blastoderm, and what is ultimately destined to be the back (tergum) of the animal, arises from a ..."

6. Guide to the Study of Insects and a Treatise on Those Injurious and by Alpheus Spring Packard (1878)
"These tubercles result from a simple thickening of the blastoderm, and what is ultimately destined to be the back (tergum) of the animal, arises from a ..."

7. Guide to the Study of Insects, and a Treatise on Those Injurious and by Alpheus Spring Packard (1870)
"These tubercles result from a simple thickening of the blastoderm, and what is ultimately destined to be the back (tergum) of the animal, arises from a ..."

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