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tagma
[ tag-muh ]
noun
, plural tag·ma·ta [tag, -m, uh, -t, uh].
- 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.
tagma
/ ˈtæɡmə /
noun
- zoology a distinct region of the body of an arthropod, such as the head, thorax, or abdomen of an insect
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tagma1
First recorded in 1885–90; from Greek tágma “ordinance, assessment, order, rank”; tactic ( def )
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tagma1
C19: from Greek: something arranged, from tassein to put in order
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Example Sentences
Eleven somites follow these, forming the abdominal “tagma,” giving thus twenty-one somites in all (as in the higher Crustacea).
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