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n. [Gr. telos, end; tarsos, sole of foot](ARTHROPODA)In Chelicerata and Chilopoda, the distal of the two principal tarsomeres of the tarsus.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
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