TERETE Te*rete", a. Etym: [L. teres, -etis, rounded off, properly, rubbed off, fr. terere to rub.]
Defn: Cylindrical and slightly tapering; columnar, as some stems of plants.
TERETIAL
Te*re"tial, a. Etym: [See Terete.] (Anat.)
Defn: Rounded; as, the teretial tracts in the floor of the fourth ventricle of the brain of some fishes. Owen.
TERETOUS
Ter"e*tous, a.
Defn: Terete. [Obs.]
TERGAL
Ter"gal, a. Etym: [L. tergum the back.] (Anat. & Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to back, or tergum. See Dorsal.
TERGANT
Ter"gant, a. (Her.)
Defn: Showing the back; as, the eagle tergant. [Written also tergiant.]