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  1. tergaladjective

    Of or pertaining to the tergum; dorsal

Wikipedia

  1. tergal

    A tergum (Latin for "the back"; plural terga, associated adjective tergal) is the dorsal ('upper') portion of an arthropod segment other than the head. The anterior edge is called the 'base' and posterior edge is called the 'apex' or 'margin'. A given tergum may be divided into hardened plates or sclerites commonly referred to as tergites.In a thoracic segment, for example, the tergum may be divided into an anterior notum and a posterior scutellum. Lateral extensions of a tergite are known as paranota (Greek for "alongside the back") or carinae (Latin for "keel"), exemplified by the flat-backed millipedes of the order Polydesmida. Kinorhynchs have tergal and sternal plates too, though seemingly not homologous with those of arthropods.Tergo-tergal is a stridulatory mechanism in which fine spines of the abdominal tergites are rubbed together to produce sound. This process is known as abdominal telescoping.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Tergaladjective

    of or pertaining to back, or tergum. See Dorsal

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Tergal

    ter′gal, adj. pertaining to the back, dorsal.—adjs. Ter′gant (her.), turning the back, recursant; Tergif′erous, bearing on the back.—n. Ter′gite, the tergum or back of one of the somites or segments of an arthropod, &c.—adj. Tergit′ic.—n. Ter′gum, the back, dorsum, or notum, as of an arthropod:—pl. Ter′ga. [L. tergum, the back.]

Entomology

  1. Tergal

    belonging to the primitively upper surface: see dorsal.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of tergal in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of tergal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9


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