† protosomiten.ZoologyObsoleterare a primitive somite or segment in an annelid or arthropod embryo.
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1877 T. H. HuxleyMan. Anat. Invertebr. Animals v. 243 Generally, the development of the protosomites, as these segments might be called, does not occur until some time after the embryo has been hatched.