pretelson

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noun

The tergite just in front of the telson

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Meanings

nounpretelson (plural pretelsons)

plural pretelsons

  1. The tergite just in front of the telson

    The pretelson does not expand laterally and there is no evidence of an attachment point for cercal blades; this, combined with their absence in the material, indicates that such structures were lacking.

    2015 September 1, James C. Lamsdell et al., “The oldest described eurypterid: a giant Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian) megalograptid from the Winneshiek Lagerstätte of Iowa”, in BMC Evolutionary Biology, volume 15, →DOI

Origin

From pre- + telson.

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Chicago

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