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opisthosoma
/ ɒˌpɪsθəˈsəʊmə /
noun
- zoology the abdomen of a spider or other arachnid
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Word History and Origins
Origin of opisthosoma1
C19: from Greek opisthen behind + soma 1
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Example Sentences
The appendages of the 2nd somite of the opisthosoma absent, rarely minute and bud-like (some Amblypygi), never pectiniform.
From Project Gutenberg
No distinct respiratory stigmata behind the sterna of the 1st and 2nd somites of the opisthosoma.
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Respiratory organs in the form of tracheal tubes opening by a pair of stigmata in the 2nd and 3rd somites of the opisthosoma.
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Intromittent organ of male beneath sternum of the 1st somite of the opisthosoma.
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