prosoma
[ proh-soh-muh ]
noun,plural pro·so·mas, pro·so·ma·ta [proh-soh-muh-tuh]. /proʊˈsoʊ mə tə/. Zoology.
an anterior body region, especially the arthropod cephalothorax.
Origin of prosoma
1Other words from prosoma
- pro·so·mal, adjective
Words Nearby prosoma
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How to use prosoma in a sentence
prosoma as in the Mygalomorphae, except that the mesosternal area is long and narrow.
British Dictionary definitions for prosoma
prosoma
/ (prəʊˈsəʊmə) /
nounplural -mas or -mata (-mətə)
zoology the head and thorax of an arachnid
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