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tergite

/ˈtɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒaɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.44 in modern English

Syllables
ter-gite
IPA
/ˈtɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒaɪt/
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The dorsal portion of an articulate animal's arthromere or somite.

Etymology

From Latin tergum (“back(side)”), + -ite.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

tergites (plural)

Derived Forms

acrotergite hemitergite laterotergite mediotergite metatergite microtergite paratergite pretergite syntergite tergitic

Frequently Paired Words

tergal tergiversate tergum

Questions

How do you pronounce tergite?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒaɪt/.
What does tergite mean?
The dorsal portion of an articulate animal's arthromere or somite.
Where does tergite come from?
From Latin tergum (“back(side)”), + -ite.

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