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metasoma

noun
meta·​so·​ma

Definition of metasoma

: the hind region of the body of some invertebrates especially : such a region that cannot be readily analyzed into its primitive segmentation (as in some mollusks and arachnids)

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Other Words from metasoma

metasomal \ ¦⸗⸗¦sōməl \ adjective

History and Etymology for metasoma

New Latin, from meta- + -soma

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