tergumn.
/ˈtəːɡəm/ In special scientific uses (synonymous with dorsum n.).
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1. The back, or upper surface or portion, of an arthropod or other articulated animal; more usually, the upper plate of each somite or segment of such an animal (= tergite n.): opposed to sternum.
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. 387 Tergum, the upper or supine surface of the abdomen.
1880 T. H. Huxley Crayfish iii. 96 Each ring [of the abdomen] consists of a dorsal, arched portion, called the tergum [etc.].
2. Each of the two upper plates of the shell in cirripeds.
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1851 C. Darwin Monogr. Cirripedia (Palæont. Soc.) Introd. 2 In almost all the Lepadidæ the Terga (i.e. the upper or posterior lateral valves) are not characteristic.
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