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teg·u·lar

 (tĕg′yə-lər) also teg·u·lat·ed (-lā′tĭd)
adj.
Relating to or resembling a tile.

[From Latin tēgula, tile, from tegere, to cover; see (s)teg- in Indo-European roots.]

teg′u·lar·ly adv.
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tegular

(ˈtɛɡjʊlə)
adj
1. of, relating to, or resembling a tile or tiles
2. (Biology) biology overlapping like a series of tiles: tegular scales.
[C18: from Latin tēgula a tile, from tegere to cover]
ˈtegularly adv
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Adj.1.tegular - of or relating to or resembling a series of tiles
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The terms median apophysis and conductor are used to name tegular apophyses to extend the implied homology beyond gnaphosid spiders (Miller, 1967; Platnick and Shadab, 1975, 1983; Senglet, 2004; Zakharov and Ovtcharenko, 2011), to include other spider groups (Comstock, 1910, 1920; Sierwald, 1990; Coddington, 1990).