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tagma

/tag-muh/US // ˈtæg mə //UK // (ˈtæɡmə) //

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural tag·ma·ta [tag-muh-tuh]. /ˈtæg mə tə/.

    • : each of the morphologically distinct sections of the body of an arthropod, comprised of two or more segments, as the head, thorax, and abdomen of an insect.

Examples

  • Eleven somites follow these, forming the abdominal “tagma,” giving thus twenty-one somites in all (as in the higher Crustacea).