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Webster 1913 Edition
Tergite
Ter′gite
,Noun.
(Zool.)
The dorsal portion of an arthromere or somite of an articulate animal. See Illust. under
Coleoptera
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tergite
tergite
English
Noun
tergite (plural tergites)
- (anatomy) The dorsal portion of an articulate animal's arthromere or somite.