How do you use Opisthosoma in a sentence? See 2 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Opisthosoma in a sentence
Opisthosoma meaning
The posterior segment of the two-part body structure of chelicerates. Often used interchangeably with abdomen.
Using Opisthosoma
- The main meaning on this page is: The posterior segment of the two-part body structure of chelicerates. Often used interchangeably with abdomen.
Context around Opisthosoma
- Average sentence length in these examples: 37 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Opisthosoma
- In this selection, "opisthosoma" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 37 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, abdomen and consists stand out and add context to how "opisthosoma" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include citation the opisthosoma consists of and the abdomen opisthosoma which is. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "opisthosoma" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with opisthosoma
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
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)
Example sentences (2)
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.