资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tegula \Teg"u*la\, n.; pl. {Tegul[ae]}. [L., a tile, dim. fr.
   tegere to cover.] (Zo["o]l.)
   A small appendage situated above the base of the wings of
   Hymenoptera and attached to the mesonotum.