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Meaning of "tergite" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF TERGITE

ˈtɜːdʒaɪt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TERGITE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tergite is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TERGITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Tergum

A tergum is the dorsal portion of an arthropod segment other than the head. The anterior edge is called the base and posterior edge is called the apex or margin. A given tergum may be divided into hardened plates or sclerites commonly referred to as tergites.:20 So, for example, in a thoracic segment, the tergum may be divided into an anterior notum and a posterior scutellum. Lateral extension of the dorsal aspect of a tergite are called paranota. In crustaceans, the tergum is known as a pleuron when it overhangs the insertion of the limb on each side as a free plate. In contrast to the tergum, the ventral portion of a segment is called the sternum.

Definition of tergite in the English dictionary

The definition of tergite in the dictionary is a back-plate of an arthropod or other similar animal.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TERGITE

Areopagite · bright · cite · copyright · despite · dialogite · eclogite · fight · flight · height · invite · knight · light · lite · might · night · overnight · phengite · turgite · urostegite

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TERGITE

terephthalic acid · teres · Teresa · Tereshkova · Teresina · terete · Tereus · Terfel · terga · tergal · tergiversant · tergiversate · tergiversation · tergiversator · tergiversatory · tergum · teriyaki · term · term insurance · term paper

WORDS THAT END LIKE TERGITE

annabergite · anthropophagite · augite · black and white · black-and-white · Dionysius the Areopagite · dugite · elite · favourite · in black and white · in the white · limburgite · petite · satellite · site · suite · the white · umangite · Wyomingite · zorgite

Synonyms and antonyms of tergite in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tergite» into 25 languages

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The translations of tergite from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tergite» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

背片
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

tergito
570 millions of speakers
en

English

tergite
510 millions of speakers
hi

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tergite
380 millions of speakers
ar

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tergite
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

тергит
278 millions of speakers
pt

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tergito
270 millions of speakers
bn

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tergite
260 millions of speakers
fr

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tergite
220 millions of speakers
ms

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Tergite
190 millions of speakers
de

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Tergit
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

背板
130 millions of speakers
ko

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tergite
85 millions of speakers
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Tergite
85 millions of speakers
vi

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tergite
80 millions of speakers
ta

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tergite
75 millions of speakers
mr

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तिरंगी
75 millions of speakers
tr

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tergite
70 millions of speakers
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tergite
65 millions of speakers
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tergite
50 millions of speakers
uk

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тергит
40 millions of speakers
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tergite
30 millions of speakers
el

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tergite
15 millions of speakers
af

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tergite
14 millions of speakers
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tergite
10 millions of speakers
no

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tergite
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TERGITE»

Discover the use of tergite in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tergite and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Dictionary of Insect Morphology
tergite; 2. _» thoracic tergum tergum abdominale _» abdominal tergite tergum abdominale decimum _» tenth abdominal tergite tergum abdominale duodecimum _» twelfth abdominal tergite tergum abdominale nonum _» ninth abdominal ...
Henrik Steinmann, Lajos Zombori, 1999
2
Decapod Crustacean Phylogenetics
Antrorse spine on abdominal tergite 5 large, overhanging anterior margin of tergite 4. Postor- bital carina ill-defined, without spines S. cerata - Antrorse spine on abdominal tergite 5 not overhanging anterior margin of tergite 4. Postor- bital ...
Joel W. Martin, Keith A. Crandall, Darryl L. Felder, 2009
3
Bumble Bees and Cuckoo Bumble Bees of California ...
(17) from ocelli; scutellum and tergite 1 with yellow hair 15 Clypeus centrally with minute sparse punctures; frons sparsely punctate with cluster of fine punctures and single row of coarse punctures along inner margin at eye laterad from ocelli;  ...
Robbin W. Thorp, Donald S. Horning, Lorry L. Dunning, 1983
4
Manual of Central American Diptera
23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. Abdominal tergite 3 with single pair of median marginal bristles; intersegmental lines between abdominal tergites weakly impressed, in places scarcely discernible; abdominal sternites narrow, overlapped by ...
‎2010
5
Revision of the Agathidinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) of ...
307); length of ovipositor sheath 0.6—0.7 times fore wing; [malar space about 3.3 times as long as basal width of mandible; first metasomal tergite 1.3 times as long as its apical width; hind leg yellow] ......... .. I mellisoma sp. 11. Body at least ...
Cornelis Van Achterberg, Khuat Dang Long, 2010
6
The Parasitic Wasps of the Genus Macroteleia Westwood of the ...
Hind femora black on apical half, fore and middle femora somewhat darkened ; wings distinctly smoky and extending to middle of fifth abdominal tergite (Peru) rima, new Femora normally yellowish, hind femora sometimes a little darkened In  ...
Carl Frederick William Muesebeck, 1977
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Aphid Parasites: Hymenoptera, Aphidiidae) of the ...
Antennae 14 — 15-segmented, reaching to about the end of tergite 1; apical portion of flagellum slightly thickened setiger 6(4) Tentorial index 0.5—0.6 7 — Tentorial index different 10 7(6) Metacarpus short, about 1 12 shorter than pterostigma ...
P Stara1/2, 1976
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New Zealand Journal of Zoology
My observations of absent; larvae from the zone of species overlap suggest that ° Tergite X base narrow (base broad, tongue- H. mixta is found in small streams in bush, whereas shaped); H. stenocerca is found in large rivers or open streams ...
9
Review of North American Exomalopsis (Hymenoptera, ...
Tergites 1 and 2 of abdomen appearing dark, except for fine whitish pubescence on lateral margins and at base of tergite 1, disk of tergite 1 bare, but tergite 2 with thin minute appressed hair and longer whitish hair on each side. Tergites 3 and ...
Philip Hunter Timberlake, 1980
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The Aphidoidea (Hemiptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. VI: ...
This is the last volume dealing with the aphids of Fennoscandia and Denmark.
Ole E. Heie, 1995

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TERGITE»

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1
Scientists want to name ant after Cory
... described to have a “robust, hard and compact body, stout propodeal spines, massive petiole and postpetiole, and gaster formed largely bu the first tergite”. «Manila Standard Today, May 15»
2
Spasskia Brevicarinata: New Parasitoid Wasp Species Found In China
The species epithet brevicarinata reflects a short ridge on its first tergite, as "brevi" is Latin for short and "carinata" is Latin for ridge. This image shows an adult ... «Science 2.0, Sep 14»
3
New Parasitoid Wasp Species Found in China
In fact, the species epithet brevicarinata reflects a short ridge on its first tergite, as “brevi” is Latin for short and “carinata” is Latin for ridge. The two species can be ... «Entomology Today, Sep 14»
4
Researchers Discover Three New Species of Rove Beetles from …
... lateral procoxal fovea; hind wing reduced to small pad; meso- and metaventrite with promesocoxal fovea; tergite and ventrite VI distinctly larger than V and VII. «Entomology Today, May 14»
5
Flying Oreos and Hourglasses: UW Researchers Name Insects in …
M. horologium: Named for the “hourglass-esque” shape on the second tergite (dorsal plate), from Latin for “hourglass.” M. margarita: The Latin word margarita ... «University of Wyoming News, Dec 12»
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Mosquito-Kontrollzentrum Empuriabrava: Neues biologisches Mittel …
Die Tergite auf den Segmenten zwei bis sechs des Hinterleibes sind dunkel und an der Basis mit einer annähernd dreieckigen, silbrig-weißen Markierung ... «Arena, Aug 12»
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