urosoma

urosoma
n. [Gr. oura, tail; soma, body]
1. (ARTHROPODA)
The abdomen.
2. (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea)
That part of the body posterior to the major articulation, usually including last 3 abdominal somites, bearing modified appendages.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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