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Definition of Prosoma
1. n. The anterior of the body of an animal, as of a cephalopod; the thorax of an arthropod.
Definition of Prosoma
1. Noun. (zoology) The front segment of a body which is divided into two or more segments, especially the cephalothorax of an arachnid. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prosoma
1. the front region of the body of an invertebrate [n -MAS or -MATA] : PROSOMAL [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prosoma
Literary usage of Prosoma
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Dorsal plate of prosoma (carapace) narrowed in front; the appendages of the ist
pair small, much r irr:.*1 ст. taken together, than the posterior border of ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Dorsal plate of prosoma scarcely narrowed in front: the appendages of the 1st pair
... Dorsal area of prosoma furnished with two shields, a larger behind ..."
3. The Analysis of Racial Descent in Animals by Thomas Harrison Montgomery (1906)
"Thus the prosoma acquires its coelomic cavities only secondarily and from the
contiguous ... The telson differs in structure notably from the prosoma, ..."
4. The Analysis of Racial Descent in Animals by Thomas Harrison Montgomery (1906)
"Thus the prosoma acquires its coelomic cavities only secondarily and from the
contiguous ... The telson differs in structure notably from the prosoma, ..."
5. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1902)
"The fusion of the prosoma with the opisthosoma, and of more or fewer of the tergal
plates of the latter region with each other; the reduction in number of ..."
6. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science edited by Biologists Limited, The Company of. (1881)
"From such a form the Xiphosura were derived by retention of the full number of
the appendages of the prosoma, the limitation of the segments of the mesosoma ..."
7. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia: With Figures of All the Species by Charles Darwin (1854)
"The soft, rounded, bag-like portion of the body, which I have called the prosoma,
is usually separated by a notch from the five posterior thoracic segments; ..."
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