mesosoma

noun

meso·​soma

"+

plural mesosomata

: the middle region of the body of various invertebrates especially when this cannot readily be analyzed into its primitive segmentation (as in most mollusks and in arachnids)

mesosomatic

"+

adjective

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from mes- + -soma

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Rhymes for mesosoma

• ambystoma
• atheroma
• carcinoma
• coloboma
• granuloma
• haematoma
• hamartoma
• hemangioma
• hematoma
• hepatoma
• hybridoma
• melanoma