metasoma
Britishnoun
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Scorpions have scuttled around on Earth for around 435 million years with a flexible, segmented body part, also called a metasoma.
From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2021
They scanned the scorpion’s metasoma using a form of CT imaging and compiled the scans to reconstruct the tail in three dimensions.
From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2021
Passing on now from the mesosoma we come in Scorpio to the metasoma of six segments, the first of which is broad whilst the rest are cylindrical.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
Arachnids, in which the somites corresponding to mesosoma and metasoma have entirely aborted.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
It is probable that we have in the metasoma of Limulus a case of the disappearance of once clearly demarcated somites.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
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