Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

telson

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English

Syllables: tel-son
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."
"The two documented examples of telson abnormalities are on juvenile moults (Fig. 2a, b)."

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

telsons (plural)

Derived Forms

pretelson telsonic

Questions

What does telson mean?: The part of an arthropod or crustacean posterior to the last segment, often resembling an armored tail or tip of the tail.
Where does telson come from?: Borrowed from Ancient Greek τέλσον (télson, “headland”).

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