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tagma

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Meaning

  1. noun A specialized, structured, grouping of functionally related segments, or analogous subunits, into units such as the head, the thorax, and the abdomen, particularly in various Arthropoda and Vertebrata.
  2. noun A specialized, structured, grouping of functionally related molecules, forming the basis the physiology and structure of larger units such as cells and tissues.
  3. noun A military unit of battalion or regiment size, in the Byzantine empire of the 8th–11th centuries.

Similar words

segment mesosoma metamere tergite entomere tergum terminalia cephalomere protosomite antennomere

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