metasoma
noun
metasoma is spelled M-E-T-A-S-O-M-A: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 78 million words in written English, the 279,513th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, metasoma means “The posterior part of the three-part body-structure of many arthropods, the other two parts being prosoma and mesosoma” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of metasoma is metasomas.
How many letters and syllables are in metasoma?
| Letters | 8: M-E-T-A-S-O-M-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 78 million words; the 279,513th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is metasoma?
Metasoma appears about once in every 78 million words in written English, the 279,513th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of metasoma
- metasomas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does metasoma mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The posterior part of the three-part body-structure of many arthropods, the other two parts being prosoma and mesosoma.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does metasoma come from?
From meta- + soma.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).