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prosoma
Prosoma (noun) means the front part of a creature's body when it is split into sections, such as the combined head and chest of a spider or crab.
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The front part of a creature's body when it is split into sections, such as the combined head and chest of a spider or crab.
"The front part, called the cephalothorax (or prosoma), is enclosed within a relatively hard and unyielding chitinous shell."
— Michael J. Roberts, Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe (1996)
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Etymology
Formed from pro- ("front") and soma ("body"), the latter from Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, "body").
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"prosoma" (noun) means the front part of a creature's body when it is split into sections, such as the combined head and chest of a spider or crab.
