TERGEMINAL; TERGEMINATE
Ter*gem"i*nal, Ter*gem"i*nate, a. Etym: [See Tergeminous.] (Bot.)
Defn: Thrice twin; having three pairs of leaflets.
TERGEMINOUS Ter*gem"i*nous, a. Etym: [L. tergeminus; ter thrice + geminus doubled at birth, twin-born. Cf. Trigeminous.]
Defn: Threefold; thrice-paired. Blount.
TERGIFEROUS
Ter*gif"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. tergum the back + -ferous.]
Defn: Carrying or bearing upon the back. Tergiferous plants (Bot.), plants which bear their seeds on the back of their leaves, as ferns.
TERGITE
Ter"gite, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The dorsal portion of an arthromere or somite of an articulate animal. See Illust. under Coleoptera.
TERGIVERSATE Ter"gi*ver*sate, v. i. Etym: [L. tergiversatus, p.p. of tergiversari to turn one's back, to shift; tergum back + versare, freq. of vertere to turn. See Verse.]
Defn: To shift; to practice evasion; to use subterfuges; to shuffle.
[R.] Bailey.