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Definition of Telson
1. n. The terminal joint or movable piece at the end of the abdomen of Crustacea and other articulates. See Thoracostraca.
Definition of Telson
1. Noun. The part of an arthropod posterior to the last segment. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Telson
1. the terminal segment of an arthropod [n -S] : TELSONIC [adj]
Medical Definition of Telson
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Telson
Literary usage of Telson
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"telson. X 6. (After Packard.) 40 (39) telson spatulate 41 41 (42) telson carinate
dorsally; carapace large, leaving only five body segments and telson ..."
2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1883)
"On the Nature of the ' telson' and ' Caudal Furca ' of the Crustacea. ...
Embryology also confirms the view taken that the telson of the higher Crustacea is ..."
3. Catalogue of the Specimens of Amphipodous Crustacea in the Collection of the by Charles Spence Bate (1862)
"telson small, triangular, not more than one-third of the width of the preceding
segment at the base. ... telson small, triangular, sub- acute at apex. ..."
4. North American Geology and Palæontology for the Use of Amateurs, Students by Samuel Almond Miller (1889)
"Caudal parte and one abdominal segment In advance of the telson—all enlarged, a,
Small, terminal palette; d, d, two accessory ..."
5. The Collected Scientific Papers of the Late Alfred Henry Garrod by Alfred Henry Garrod, William Alexander Forbes (1881)
"THK relations of the telson of the lobster and its allies are so variously regarded
by ... Professor Huxley considers the telson an azygos appendage, ..."
6. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1907)
"The cuticle is so strong that larvae may be picked up by the telson thread ...
In the old embryos the tip of the telson is carried forward to near the eyes ..."
7. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences by Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences (1882)
"Figure 6c, tip of the telson of the same specimen; enlarged twelve diameters.
... The same species ; tip of the telson of a young specimen, only 16"m long ..."
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