a cuticular plate covering the dorsal surface of a body segment of an arthropod
Compare sternum (sense 3)
Derived forms
tergal (ˈtergal)
adjective
Word origin
C19: from Latin: the back
Examples of 'terga' in a sentence
terga
Dense brown hairs on head and mesosoma; white on frons and metasomal terga.
Julio A. Genaro 2001, 'Especies nuevas de abejas de Cuba y La Española (Hymenoptera: Colletidae, Megachilidae,Apidae)', Revista de Biología Tropicalhttp://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442001000300023. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)