tagmata

tag·ma

[tag-muh]
noun, plural tag·ma·ta [‐muh-tuh] .
each of the morphologically distinct sections of the body of an arthropod, comprised of two or more segments, as the head, thorax, and abdomen of an insect.
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tagma (ˈtæɡmə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , pl -mata
zoology a distinct region of the body of an arthropod, such as the head, thorax, or abdomen of an insect
 
[C19: from Greek: something arranged, from tassein to put in order]

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Tagmata is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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