背せ板いた

noun

backboard

General term for a board placed at the back of something, such as furniture, a vehicle, or a piece of equipment.

• この棚たなの背せ板いたは薄うすいベニヤでできている。

  The backboard of this shelf is made of thin plywood.

noun

dorsal plate; tergum

Only with reading はいばん

Entomological term for the hardened plate on the upper (dorsal) side of an insect segment. Read as はいばん.

• 昆こん虫ちゅうの背はい板ばんは、体たい節せつの背はい面めんを覆おおう硬かたい板ばん状じょうの部ぶ分ぶんである。

  The dorsal plate of an insect is the hard, plate-like part covering the back of each body segment.