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‖ tegula Entom.|ˈtɛgjʊlə|
Pl. -æ.
[L., a tile, f. teg-ĕre to cover.]
1. a. A small scale-like structure covering the base of the fore-wing in hymenopterous and other insects. b. Each of a pair of membranous scales (prehalteres) in front of the halteres in dipterous insects.
1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. xxxiii. III. 377 Tegulæ.., small corneous concavo-convex scales, which in many Orders, particularly Hymenoptera, cover and defend the base of the Upper-Wings. Ibid. xlvii. IV. 381 The tegulæ, or base-covers..cover and defend the base of their wings. 1893A. E. Shipley Zool. Invertebrata xix. 376 On the mesothorax [of Hymenoptera] are two small scales known as the tegulae, covering the base of the wings. 1972M. S. Gardiner Biol. Invertebrates xiv. 573/1 Newly hatched wasps..have been made to sting bees near their tegulae.
2. Archæol. and Archit. A flat roof-tile (see quot. 1964). Cf. imbrex 1. Also fig.
1871R. Burn Rome & Campagna p. lxxv, The Roman tiles were of two kinds, flat tiles and smaller curved tiles. The flat tiles had raised rims at the sides... The small curved tiles were..laid over the joined edges..and formed a complete protection for the joint... Tegulæ and imbrices. 1938in P. E. Thomas Mod. Building Practice III. 229 The Double Roman tile..is a descendant of the Roman tegula and imbrex.., which the Romans used extensively for their villa roofs. 1956‘H. MacDiarmid’ Stony Limits & Scots Unbound 9 The gold edging of a bough at sunset, its pantile way Forming a double curve, tegula and imbrex in one. 1964J. S. Scott Dict. Building 178 Italian tiling.., single-lap tiles which form a roof covering with two different sorts of tiles, the curved over-tile or imbrex and the flat, tray shaped under-tile or tegula. 1977Antiquaries Jrnl. LVII. 264 Bricks and tegulae can frequently be seen in the debris. |