Monomerosomata (monom"erosomata)

pl. [NL.: see monomerosomatous.] The acarids or mites as an order of tracheate arachnidans; the Acarid a or A car idea. In Leach's system there were 4 orders of Arachnid a - Dimerosomata, spiders; Polymerosomata, scorpions, etc.; Monomeroso mat a, mites; and Podosomata, the Pycnogonide. West wood interposed Adelarthrosomata between the second and the third of these. monomerosomatous (mō-nom"e-rō-som'a-tus), [ μονομερής , consisting of one part (see a. [ monomerous ), + σῶμα (σωματ-), body.] Having the body all in one piece or ma ma -that is, ap parently unsegmented-as -as an acarid; of or pertaining to the Monomerosomata, or having their characters, as a mite: distinguished from di merosomatous, polymerosomatous, etc.