Definition of Tergite

1. n. The dorsal portion of an arthromere or somite of an articulate animal. See Illust. under Coleoptera.

Definition of Tergite

1. Noun. (anatomy) The dorsal portion of an articulate animal's arthromere or somite. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tergite

1. a tergum [n -S] - See also: tergum

Medical Definition of Tergite

1. The dorsal portion of an arthromere or somite of an articulate animal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tergite

teretous
terf
terfe
terfenadine
terfes
terfluorene
terfluorenes
terfs
terga
tergal
tergant
tergeminate
tergeminin
tergeminous
tergiferous
tergite (current term)
tergites
tergiversate
tergiversated
tergiversates
tergiversating
tergiversation
tergiversations
tergiversator
tergiversators
tergum
terguride
terin
teriparatide
teriyaki

Literary usage of Tergite

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

1. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington by Entomological Society of Washington (1914)
"Second tergite with a median embossed area set off at least anteriorly by crenulate grooves, its surface differently sculptured from the rest of the tergite ..."

2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1921)
"Dorsal view of ultimate tergite, pygidium and forceps. (X 7J^). Fig. ... St. Jean du Maroni, Dorsal view of ultimate tergite, pygidium and forceps. (X TYi). ..."

3. Entomologisk Tidskrift by Entomologiska föreningen i Stockholm (1892)
"the ventral portion of the greater loth tergite (t10). Ät the inner margin of this last tergite is seen a small, ..."

4. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1903)
"But the right half of the second tergite is fused not only with the corresponding left half but also with the left half of the third tergite; the two latter ..."

5. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences by Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences (1914)
"The anterior edge of the fourth, fifth and sixth tergite has a sharp projection in the middle. The sternum is very large, distinctly pentagonal, ..."

6. Guide to the Study of Insects: And a Treatise on Those Injurious and by Alpheus Spring Packard (1870)
"The abdomen consists of eight or nine distinct segments, while the tenth forms part of the ovipositor, being somewhat aborted, the tergite only in some ..."

7. Guide to the Study of Insects and a Treatise on Those Injurious and by Alpheus Spring Packard (1876)
"The abdomen consists of eight or nine distinct segments, while the tenth forms part of the ovipositor, being somewhat aborted, the tergite only in some ..."

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