Etymology

tergite

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Today it means: The dorsal portion of an articulate animal's arthromere or somite. Full definition →

Latin tergum
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  1. Latin · derived fromtergum“back(side)”
  2. English todaytergite

From Latin tergum (“back(side)”), + -ite.

Words from the same roots

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