mesosoma
English
noun
Definitions
- (zoology) The middle part of the body, or tagma, of arthropods whose body is composed of three parts (the other two being the prosoma and the metasoma), bearing the legs and (in winged insects) the wings.
Etymology
Prefix from English soma (body, one having such a body).
Origin
English
soma
Gloss
body, one having such a body
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
身, 体
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- idiosoma English
- metasoma English
- opisthosoma English
- prosoma English
- pyrosomal disease English
- soma English
- somal English
- somatology English
- somite English
- *tewh₂- Proto-Indo-European