Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Plural of
tarsus .
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- noun pl. of
tarsus .
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- noun Plural form of
tarsus .
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Examples
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The same number of joints in the tarsi is a character common to very large groups of beetles, but in the Engidæ, as Westwood has remarked, the number varies greatly; and the number likewise differs in the two sexes of the same species.
V. Laws of Variation. Specific Characters More Variable Than Generic Characters 1909
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The same number of joints in the tarsi is a character generally common to very large groups of beetles, but in the Engidæ, as
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. (2nd edition) Charles Darwin 1845
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Antennae can be clavate, moniliform, filiform, pectinate, geniculate, or serrate. legs that end in two to five small segments which are called tarsi, and are somehwhat like feet.
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The same number of joints in the tarsi is a character generally common to very large groups of beetles, but in the Engidae, as Westwood has remarked, the number varies greatly; and the number likewise differs in the two sexes of the same species: again in fossorial hymenoptera, the manner of neuration of the wings is a character of the highest importance, because common to large groups; but in certain genera the neuration differs in the different species, and likewise in the two sexes of the same species.
On the Origin of Species~ Chapter 05 (historical) Charles Darwin 1859
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The same number of joints in the tarsi is a character generally common to very large groups of beetles, but in the Engidae, as Westwood has remarked, the number varies greatly; and the number likewise differs in the two sexes of the same species: again in fossorial hymenoptera, the manner of neuration of the wings is a character of the highest importance, because common to large groups; but in certain genera the neuration differs in the different species, and likewise in the two sexes of the same species.
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The same number of joints in the tarsi is a character generally common to very large groups of beetles, but in the Engidae, as Westwood has remarked, the number varies greatly; and the number likewise differs in the two sexes of the same species: again in fossorial hymenoptera, the manner of neuration of the wings is a character of the highest importance, because common to large groups; but in certain genera the neuration differs in the different species, and likewise in the two sexes of the same species.
On the origin of species Charles Darwin 1845
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"tarsi," will come into place, and arranged with a setting needle.
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The water striders have "unwettable" hairs on their tarsi that do not break the surface tension of the water, so the bugs can walk on top of it.
Insecta (Aquatic) 2008
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Their pairs of legs occur on the thorax and have one or two claws on the end of the tarsi.
Insecta (Aquatic) 2008
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Juveniles can still be recognized because they have one-segmented tarsi, while adults have the two-segmented compliment.
Insecta (Aquatic) 2008
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