Dictionary

prosoma en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /pɹəʊˈsəʊmə/ (UK)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. The front segment of a body which is divided into two or more segments, especially the cephalothorax of an arachnid or crustacean.
   • The front part, called the cephalothorax (or prosoma), is enclosed within a relatively hard and unyielding chitinous shell. 1996, Michael J. Roberts, Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe, Collins, published 1996, page 12:

Forms

Deriveds

prosomal

Relateds

mesosoma · metasoma · opisthosoma