| 释义 |
microsomite Zool.|maɪkrəʊˈsəʊmaɪt|
[f. micro- + somite.]
A permanent segment formed during the embryonic stage of an insect. Hence microsoˈmitic a., belonging to a microsomite.
1888Amer. Naturalist XXII. 941 The secondary or microsomitic segmentation of the primitive body. Ibid. 942 If the macrosomites of the primitive body were to persist, as such, together with their later subdivisions (microsomites). |