Definitions
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- n. Plural form of tarsus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. pl. of tarsus.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Plural 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
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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
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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.
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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.
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Their pairs of legs occur on the thorax and have one or two claws on the end of the tarsi.
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Juveniles can still be recognized because they have one-segmented tarsi, while adults have the two-segmented compliment.
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Some species have accessory wettable tarsi that are extendable and break the surface tension to give the insect traction for locomotion.
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Total length 14 inches; bill 1/2; wing 7; tail 9; tarsi 7/8.
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