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mesosoma

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.07 in modern English

Syllables
meso-so-ma
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

From meso- + soma.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

mesosomas (plural)

Questions

What does mesosoma mean?
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.
Where does mesosoma come from?
From meso- + soma.

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