Definitions for tergite

tergite ter·gite

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IPA: /ˈtɜr dʒaɪt/

Tergite is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 85 anagrams from letters in tergite (eegirtt).

Definitions for tergite

noun

  1. the dorsal sclerite of an abdominal segment of an insect.

Origin of tergite

First recorded in 1880-85; terg(um) + -ite1

Examples for tergite

A pair of dorso-ventral muscles passing from tergite to sternite in each segment.

Propygidium: the dorsal segment or tergite in front of the pygidilini, sometimes left exposed in Coleoptera.

A series of paired longitudinal dorsal muscles passing from tergite to tergite of each successive segment.

The tergite which covers the dorsal part of the first abdominal segment nearest to the thorax is, however, always present.

Thorax much shorter than the head and than the first tergite.

Word Value for tergite
Scrable

8

Words with friends

9

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