Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The rearmost segment of the body of certain arthropods.
- noun An extension of this segment, such as the middle lobe of the tail of a lobster or the stinger of a scorpion.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In zoology, the last segment, or an azygous appendage of the last segment, or the median axis of the last segment, whether in one piece or more, of certain crustaceans and arachmidans, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail-fin, the long sharp tail of a horseshoe-crab, and the sting of a scorpion.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The terminal joint or movable piece at the end of the abdomen of Crustacea and other articulates. See
thoracostraca .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The part of an
arthropod posterior to the lastsegment .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The boys have a triangle shaped telson (tail) while the girls have an oval shaped telson which is used to carry the eggs tucked in between it and the body.
ScubaBoard 2010
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Scorpions: They are eight-legged invertebrates with an extended body and an erectile tail that ends with the 'telson' (the sting).
unknown title 2009
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The median length of the carapace was taken, from the tip of the rostrum to the posterior edge, and the length of the abdomen was taken from this point to the edge of the telson.
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The new species is distinguished from all the known species of the genus by the combination of broadly rounded rostrum, narrower eyes and the spination of the uropodal endopod and telson.
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The leg impressions became deeper and more erratic, the telson (the long spiny tail) started being lifted up and down, up and down, showing that the animal was really being affected by the conditions.
Three Ways Of Touching The Earth Daniel Lavery 2023
sionnach commented on the word telson
last segment of a crustacean.
February 11, 2008
reesetee commented on the word telson
Are all of the segments named? Just askin'.
February 11, 2008
pterodactyl commented on the word telson
So this would be the segment after the last commercial break but before the start of the next crustacean?
April 14, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word telson
Same crust time, same crustacean.
April 14, 2011