What's the difference between targum and tergum?

Targum


Definition:

  • (n.) A translation or paraphrase of some portion of the Old Testament Scriptures in the Chaldee or Aramaic language or dialect.

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Tergum


Definition:

  • (n.) The back of an animal.
  • (n.) The dorsal piece of a somite of an articulate animal.
  • (n.) One of the dorsal plates of the operculum of a cirriped.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Unciform sclerotization of tergum VIII (or the place of connection between tergum VIII and its internal lobe) resembles an arc.
  • (2) Among 6,003 specimens, no individuals had pale-scales continuing from the tergal base to its apex on the third tergum and posteriorly.
  • (3) The flexible and complex skeletal structure of the tergum shows some marked similarities to the structure of lamellar bone.
  • (4) The front margin of the internal lobe of tergum VIII is not sclerotized.
  • (5) A detailed study of the hierarchical organization of one of the two shell plate types, the tergum, reveals a remarkably complex structure.
  • (6) Although this is undoubtably a product of convergent evolution, the iblid tergum provides a unique perspective on bone structure, which was heretofore unavailable.
  • (7) It seemed of interest to introduce an in vivo model in which one animal is punctured at tergum III in order to gain 1 microliter hemolymph using a glass capillary tube .

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