"telson" meaning in English

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          "text": "Although Crangonya evidently comes very close to Niphargus, it appears to be a good genus, and to differ constantly from Niphargus in the more robust body and in the telson, which is always entire and never cleft as in Niphargus.",
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          "text": "The two documented examples of telson abnormalities are on juvenile moults (Fig. 2a, b).",
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        "(zoology) The part of an arthropod or crustacean posterior to the last segment, often resembling an armored tail or tip of the tail."
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