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tergite Zool.|ˈtɜːdʒaɪt|
[f. L. terg-um back + -ite1 3.]
A back-plate, formed by the fusion of a pair of serial plates of one of the somites or segments of an arthropod or other articulated animal.
1885Athenæum 5 Dec. 736/2 On the opposite interior surface of the last tergite are chitinous points. 1899G. H. Carpenter Insects i. 21 The pronotum..is larger than the two succeeding tergites (mesonotum and metanotum).
Hence tergitic |təˈdʒɪtɪk| a., of or pertaining to a tergite.
1891in Cent. Dict. |