tergum

Noun

Meaning

The back of an animal.

The dorsal piece of a somite of an articulate animal.

One of the dorsal plates of the operculum of a cirriped.

Source: Webster's dictionary

back end last behind rump bottom tail rear reverse posterior dorsal hind butt dorsum spina

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tergite

terga

tergomesal tergosternal tergotrochanteral terguride Terhaar Terhune