English Explanatory Dictionary

mesosoma

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

mesosoma mesosomas

Etymology

From meso- + soma.

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