-soma

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”).

• English: enPR: sō′-mə
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsəʊ.mə/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊ.mə/
  • Rhymes: -əʊmə
• Russian: IPA^(key): [ˈzomə] (as -зо́ма), IPA^(key): [ˈsomə] (as -со́ма). -зо́ма is the more common transliteration.

-soma n (plural -somata)

1. (biology, taxonomy) body

• While the suffix -somata is very infrequently used for pluralizing the names of genera, as using generic names in the plural is often proscribed in professional works, it is often expressed in derived names of higher taxa, such as families, subfamilies, orders, etc.; as well as in specific epithets.

-soma

1. (chiefly biology, noun combining form) body; -some

• Amos, Mosa, Samo, maso