Home › Words › M › mesotarsusmesotarsusmesotarsus means A tarsus on the mesothorax of an insect.EtymologyFrom meso- + tarsus.nounA tarsus on the mesothorax of an insectDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.protarsus 78% match — The tarsus of the foreleg of an insect vs mesotarsus →mesotarsal 76% match — Relating to the middle (median plane) of the tarsus vs mesotarsus →mesotarsomere 72% match — A medial tarsomere vs mesotarsus →probasitarsus 70% match — The basitarsus of the protarsus of some insects vs mesotarsus →metatarse 70% match — The metatarsus. vs mesotarsus →metatarsomere 68% match — A segment of an insect metatarsus vs mesotarsus →protarsomere 67% match — An anterior tarsomere vs mesotarsus →basitarsus 67% match — The basal segment of an arthropod tarsus vs mesotarsus →