telson









telson


noun

  1. the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster’s tail.

noun

  1. the last segment or an appendage on the last segment of the body of crustaceans and arachnids

n.1855, from Greek telson “a limit” (see tele-).

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