metasome
Meanings
noun
- A segment of the body of an animal, generally the rearmost one.
- A replacing mineral where one mineral grows in size at the expense of another.
Word forms
Etymology
From meta- (“beyond, after”) + -some (“body, segment”).
Related words
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