Tergal

[tә:gәl]

Definition

(a.) Of or pertaining to back, or tergum. See Dorsal.

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Definition

adj. pertaining to the back dorsal.—adjs. Ter′gant (her.) turning the back recursant; Tergif′erous bearing on the back.—n. Ter′gite the tergum or back of one of the somites or segments of an arthropod &c.—adj. Tergit′ic.—n. Ter′gum the back dorsum or notum as of an arthropod:—pl. Ter′ga.

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