opisthosoma
/ (ɒˌpɪsθəˈsəʊmə) /
noun
zoology
the abdomen of a spider or other arachnid
Word Origin for opisthosoma
C19: from Greek
opisthen behind +
soma
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Words nearby opisthosoma
Example sentences from the Web for opisthosoma
No distinct respiratory stigmata behind the sterna of the 1st and 2nd somites of the opisthosoma.
The appendages of the 2nd somite of the opisthosoma absent, rarely minute and bud-like (some Amblypygi), never pectiniform.
Respiratory organs in the form of tracheal tubes opening by a pair of stigmata in the 2nd and 3rd somites of the opisthosoma.
Intromittent organ of male beneath sternum of the 1st somite of the opisthosoma.