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Definition of "opisthosoma" [opisthosoma]

  • The posterior abdomen of the chelicerates, a phylum including horseshoe crabs, spiders, mites, and ticks. (noun)

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Use "opisthosoma" in a sentence
  • "Fine setae covers the opisthosoma which is used as an aquatic lung that allows the spider to breathe under water by the setae trapping an air bubble against the spider's body and connected to the tracheal spiracles."
  • "Fine setae covers the opisthosoma which is used as an aquatic"
  • "Fine setae covers the opisthosoma which is used as an aquatic lung that allows the spider to breathe underwater by the setae trapping an air bubble against the spider's body and connected to the tracheal spiracles."