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Webster 1913 Edition


Prosoma

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Pro-so′ma

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Noun.
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pl.
Prosomata
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[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] before + [GREEK], [GREEK], body.]
(Zool.)
The anterior of the body of an animal, as of a cephalopod; the thorax of an arthropod.