mesomerites

From ZooTerms (Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology)
Jump to: navigation, search
mesomerites (noun, plural; Greek mesos, middle; meros, part; -ites, having nature of): (Arthropoda: Diplopoda) Modified 9 pair of limbs; together with 8 pair (promerites) of limbs functioning as pincers to pull out female vulvae.