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Meaning of terminalia | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. In Ancient Rome, a festival to Terminus, the god of boundaries.
    historical
  2. The hindmost segments of the abdomen of an insect, modified for reproduction.
    plural, plural-only

Examples

“The terminalia consist of the terminal complex of modified genital and anal segments, plus any adjacent segments that show modifications for copulation and oviposition.”
“Part of the documentation includes the first detailed illustrations and descriptions of structures of the male terminalia.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

terminalian terminaline terminality terminalization Terminally terminally online

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