tergite

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Definition of tergite in English English dictionary

The dorsal portion of an articulate animal's arthromere or somite

(Entomology - insect) a sclerotized plate forming the tergum of a segment

The dorsal portion of an arthromere or somite of an articulate animal

under Coleoptera

Hyphenation

ter·gite

Etymology

() * From Latin tergum (“back(side)”).