prosoma
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pro- (“front”) + soma (“body”), from Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”).
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prosoma (plural prosomas or prosomata)
- (zoology) The front segment of a body which is divided into two or more segments, especially the cephalothorax of an arachnid or crustacean.
- 1996, Michael J. Roberts, Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe, Collins, published 1996, page 12:
- The front part, called the cephalothorax (or prosoma), is enclosed within a relatively hard and unyielding chitinous shell.
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prosoma m (plural prosomas)