It means angular body. In Zoology there is this term for arachnids and snakes. In Arachnids, Gonyosoma is a genus of long-legged, thin-legged spiders, called duck spiders or opilons. They belong to the family Gonyleptidae . Gonyosoma is also used to determine a genus of snakes belonging to the family Colubridae. It is found in China and Southeast Asia.