Definitions for tergum

tergum ter·gum

Spelling: [tur-guh m]
IPA: /ˈtɜr gəm/

Tergum is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 93 anagrams from letters in tergum (egmrtu).

Definitions for tergum

noun

  1. the dorsal surface of a body segment of an arthropod.

Origin of tergum

1820-30; Latin: the back

Examples for tergum

The arched upper part of the ring is known as the tergum, and the more flattened under-part as the sternum.

tergum with the spur not very short, broad as one third of valve.

The tergum precisely resembles that in some specimens of var.

The tergum also varies; in some individuals it is truncated and like that figured of var.

The tergum resembles that rather unusual sub-variety of var.

On each side the tergum overlaps the sternum, and hangs down as a side-flap, or pleuron.

Page 51: scutum, S, being left articulated to the tergum, T.

If we imagine the scutum and tergum in the third sub-variety of var.

In the Achorutidae the head is forwardly directed, the tergum of the prothorax conspicuous, and the spring small or vestigial.

tergum with a longitudinal furrow; spur with the end rounded.

Word Value for tergum
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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