Explore Mesosoma through 3 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Mesosoma in a sentence
Mesosoma meaning
The middle part of the body, or tagma, of arthropods whose body is composed of three parts (the other two being the prosoma and the metasoma), bearing the legs and (in winged insects) the wings.
Using Mesosoma
- The main meaning on this page is: The middle part of the body, or tagma, of arthropods whose body is composed of three parts (the other two being the prosoma and the metasoma), bearing the legs and (in winged insects) the wings.
Context around Mesosoma
- Average sentence length in these examples: 34.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Mesosoma
- In this selection, "mesosoma" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 34.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, anterior and thorax stand out and add context to how "mesosoma" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include between their mesosoma thorax plus and broad anterior mesosoma or preabdomen. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "mesosoma" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with mesosoma
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The petiole forms a narrow waist between their mesosoma ( thorax plus the first abdominal segment, which is fused to it) and gaster (abdomen less the abdominal segments in the petiole). (30 words)
The body of a scorpion is divided into two parts ( tagmata ): the head ( cephalothorax ) and the abdomen ( opisthosoma ), which is subdivided into a broad anterior ( mesosoma ), or preabdomen, and a narrow taillike posterior ( metasoma ), or postabdomen. (36 words)
The mouth is between segments two and three. citation The opisthosoma consists of twelve or fewer segments that originally formed two groups, a mesosoma of seven segments and a metasoma of five, terminating with a telson or spike. (38 words)
The mouth is between segments two and three. citation The opisthosoma consists of twelve or fewer segments that originally formed two groups, a mesosoma of seven segments and a metasoma of five, terminating with a telson or spike. (38 words)
The body of a scorpion is divided into two parts ( tagmata ): the head ( cephalothorax ) and the abdomen ( opisthosoma ), which is subdivided into a broad anterior ( mesosoma ), or preabdomen, and a narrow taillike posterior ( metasoma ), or postabdomen. (36 words)
The petiole forms a narrow waist between their mesosoma ( thorax plus the first abdominal segment, which is fused to it) and gaster (abdomen less the abdominal segments in the petiole). (30 words)
Example sentences (3)
The body of a scorpion is divided into two parts ( tagmata ): the head ( cephalothorax ) and the abdomen ( opisthosoma ), which is subdivided into a broad anterior ( mesosoma ), or preabdomen, and a narrow taillike posterior ( metasoma ), or postabdomen.
The mouth is between segments two and three. citation The opisthosoma consists of twelve or fewer segments that originally formed two groups, a mesosoma of seven segments and a metasoma of five, terminating with a telson or spike.
The petiole forms a narrow waist between their mesosoma ( thorax plus the first abdominal segment, which is fused to it) and gaster (abdomen less the abdominal segments in the petiole).