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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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Origin and Etymology of metasoma
New Latin, from meta- + -soma
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