telson
telson — 名詞
1. the hard, tail-like rear section on certain animals without a backbone — for exa
尾節
節肢動物身體的最後一節
the hard, tail-like rear section on certain animals without a backbone — for example, crayfish, lobsters, and scorpions
The crayfish uses its telson to swim backward quickly when it senses danger.
螯蝦遇到危險時用尾節快速向後游走。
telson used for backward swimming in crayfish
Dr. Okafor showed the class the telson of a horseshoe crab under the microscope.
Okafor 博士在顯微鏡下向全班展示鱟的尾節。
A scorpion's telson holds the venom it uses to catch its prey.
蠍子的尾節儲存著用來捕捉獵物的毒液。
When the lobster shed its shell, the new telson was still soft and pale.
龍蝦脫殼時，新的尾節又軟又白。
Marine biologists measure the telson of each shrimp to tell the males from the females.
海洋生物學家測量每隻蝦的尾節來分辨公母。
- caudal segment
more general term that can refer to the rear section of any segmented animal
- tail segment
less technical, easier to understand in non-scientific contexts
- abdominal tip
sometimes used in descriptions of insect anatomy
文法句型
the telson of [species]
[species]'s telson
用法筆記
A technical term used mainly in biology textbooks and scientific descriptions of arthropod anatomy. In everyday language, people often say 'tail' or 'tail section' instead.