terminalia

See also: Terminalia

English

Noun

terminalia pl (plural only)

1. (entomology) The hindmost segments of the abdomen of an insect, modified for reproduction.
   • 1981, Manual of Nearctic Diptera, volume 1, →ISBN, page 37:

     The terminalia consist of the terminal complex of modified genital and anal segments, plus any adjacent segments that show modifications for copulation and oviposition.

   • 2005, “Revision of New World Species of Shore Fly Genus Discomyza Meigen (Diptera: Ephydridae)”, in Annals of the Entomological Society of America‎^[1], volume 98, number 4, page 431:

     Part of the documentation includes the first detailed illustrations and descriptions of structures of the male terminalia.

Synonyms

• postabdomen
• hypopygium

Anagrams

• laminarite

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Terminalia, from Late Latin terminālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ter.miˈna.lja/
• Rhymes: -alja
• Hyphenation: ter‧mi‧nà‧lia

Noun

terminalia f (plural terminalie)

1. any plant in the Terminalia taxonomic genus

Further reading

• terminalia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Adjective

terminālia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of terminālis

References

• terminalia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “terminalia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “terminalia”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin