What does telson mean in crosswords?

telson means: The part of an arthropod or crustacean posterior to the last segment, often resembling an armored tail or tip of the tail.

Which crossword clues can have telson as the answer?

Possible clues for telson include "Tail segment".

Word entry · 6 letters

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"Tail segment"

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The part of an arthropod or crustacean posterior to the last segment, often resembling an armored tail or tip of the tail.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τέλσον (télson, “headland”).

“The basic number of segments in the abdomen is eleven plus the postsegmental telson which bears the anus, although Matsuda (1976) regards the telson as a twelfth segment.”
“The two documented examples of telson abnormalities are on juvenile moults (Fig. 2a, b).”

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