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opisthosoma

A Dictionary of Biology | 2004 | 196 words | Copyright

opisthosoma The posterior section of the body (see tagma) of arachnids and other arthropods of the phylum Chelicerata, which consists of those body segments that do not bear legs. Compare prosoma.

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