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