saddle
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saddle (noun; Anglo-Saxon sadol): 1. (Annelida: Oligochaeta) In Lumbricidae, the clitellum incomplete ventrally, extending from the back to below the lateral setae.
2. (Arthropoda: Insecta) In Diptera, a large sclerite on the dorsal and lateral surfaces of the 10th abdominal segment of larval Culicidae and some other nematocerous insects
See also: annular.
