sb. pl. Biol. and Path. [mod.L., = Gr. τέρατα, pl. of τέρας a marvel, prodigy, monster.] Monstrous formations or births.

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1902.  Brit. Med. Jrnl., 5 April, 850. The … type of double terata known as pygopagous twins. Ibid. (1904), 17 Dec., 1643. In describing the embryonic terata.

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