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telsons

telsons is the plural of telson.

Meaning of telson

Noun

telson (plural telsons)

  1. 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

Questions about telsons

What is telsons the plural of?
Telsons is the plural of telson.

Words near telsons in the dictionary

  1. Telscombe
  2. telsid
  3. telsids
  4. telson
  5. telsonic
  6. telsons
  7. telsontail
  8. telstar
  9. telt
  10. teludipine
  11. Telugoo

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