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tergum

tergum noun: the upper or dorsal surface of an articulated animal such as an arthropod.

Noun

tergum (plural terga)

  1. The upper or dorsal surface of an articulated animal such as an arthropod.
  2. The back or dorsum.

tergum meaning in Tamil

tergum in Tamil

முதுகுப்பட்டை

Forms of tergum

pluralterga

Origin of tergum

Borrowed from Latin tergum (“back, rear; surface”).

Words formed from tergum

Questions about tergum

What does tergum mean?
Tergum means the upper or dorsal surface of an articulated animal such as an arthropod.
What is tergum in Tamil?
Tergum in Tamil is முதுகுப்பட்டை. See Tergum meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tergum?
Tergum is a noun.
What is the plural of tergum?
The plural of tergum is terga.

Words near tergum in the dictionary

  1. Tergnier
  2. tergocentral
  3. tergomesal
  4. tergosternal
  5. tergotrochanteral
  6. tergum
  7. terguride
  8. Terhaar
  9. Terhaars
  10. Terhune
  11. Terhunes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tergum (page history and authors); tergum (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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