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語源

From pro- (“front”) +‎ soma (“body”), from Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /pɹəʊˈsəʊmə/

名詞

prosoma (plural prosomas or prosomata)

1. (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.

派生語

参考

• mesosoma
• metasoma
• opisthosoma

アナグラム

• poromas