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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TERGITE

TERGITE Ter "gite, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The dorsal portion of an arthromere or somite of an articulate animal. See Illust. under Coleoptera.

New American Oxford Dictionary

tergite

ter gite |ˈtərˌjīt ˈtərʤaɪt | ▶noun Entomology (in an insect ) a sclerotized plate forming the tergum of a segment. Compare with sternite. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from tergum + -ite 1 .

Oxford Dictionary

tergite

tergite |ˈtəːgʌɪt | ▶noun Entomology (in an insect ) a sclerotized plate forming the tergum of a segment. Compare with sternite. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from tergum + -ite 1 .