telson

telson noun: the part of an arthropod or crustacean posterior to the last segment, often resembling an armored tail or tip of the tail.

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Noun

telson (plural telsons)

The part of an arthropod or crustacean posterior to the last segment, often resembling an armored tail or tip of the tail.
- Although Crangonya evidently comes very close to Niphargus, it appears to be a good genus, and to differ constantly from Niphargus in the more robust body and in the telson, which is always entire and never cleft as in Niphargus.1894, Charles Chilton, “The Subterranean Crustacea of New Zealand”, in Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 2nd Series, Volume VI: Zoology, Linnean Society of London, page 219
- The basic number of segments in the abdomen is eleven plus the postsegmental telson which bears the anus, although Matsuda (1976) regards the telson as a twelfth segment.1998, R. F. Chapman, The Insects: Structure and Function, 4th edition, Cambridge University Press, page 259

உடல் முடிவு முனை, கொடுக்கு, முடிவு முனை, இறால் வால் முள், வால்முனை

plural	telsons

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τέλσον (télson, “headland”).

What does telson mean?: Telson means the part of an arthropod or crustacean posterior to the last segment, often resembling an armored tail or tip of the tail.
What is telson in Tamil?: Telson in Tamil is உடல் முடிவு முனை, கொடுக்கு, முடிவு முனை. See Telson meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is telson?: Telson is a noun.
What is the plural of telson?: The plural of telson is telsons.

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