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tagma

noun
tag·​ma | \ ˈtagmə\
plural tagmata\ -​mÉ™tÉ™ \

Definition of tagma

: a compound body section of an arthropod resulting from embryonic fusion of two or more somites (as the cephalothorax of a spider) or consisting of two or more distinguishable segments (as the thorax of an insect)

History and Etymology for tagma

New Latin, from Greek tagma arrangement, order, row, from tassein, tattein to arrange

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