urite

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek οὐρά (ourá, “tail”) +‎ -ite.

Noun

urite (plural urites)

1. (zoology) One of the segments of the abdomen or postabdomen of arthropods.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “urite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Trieu, uteri

Latin

Verb

ūrite

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ūrō