thorax
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- noun
- /ˈθɔræks/
- Specialized
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tórax
- Scientists often study the thorax of arthropods to understand their movement and anatomy.
And a little bridge between the thorax and the abdomen is called the pediole, a little segment that links its its abdomen to the rest of it.
- And a little bridge between the thorax and the abdomen is called the pediole, a little segment that links its its abdomen to the rest of it.
- And they will actually fan their, their wings and they'll stick their, their, maybe their thorax, their, their butt, their rear end up in the air.
Examples
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We glue electrodes to its antennae, perforate the thorax, and we can control its movement remotely.
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Some species grow horns from the head, others grow them from the thorax, and still others have multiple horns growing from different regions.
Academic text (2005) -
"So that's what those two lumps on its thorax are for!"
Fiction book (2000) -
The thorax and abdomen can be opened, allowing the various parts to be disassembled.
Blog text (33) -
On the video monitor, they watched as he inserted a long needle through the amber, into the thorax of the prehistoric fly.
Fiction book (1990) -
The chap on the right is clearly larger and has a rather ostentatious horn extending from his thorax.
Blog text (15) -
And a little bridge between the thorax and the abdomen is called the pediole, a little segment that links its its abdomen to the rest of it.
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Are horns that grow in different body regions products of the same sequence of genetic and developmental processes taking place in different locations, or are horns growing on the head somehow different from horns that grow from the thorax?
Academic text (2005) -
Callophrys rubi, the Green Hairstreak, fringed from wingtip to thorax in the softest of greys.
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Onthophagus taurus, however, loses its entire thoracic horn in both sexes and ends up with a hornless thorax in the adult (figure 10).
Academic text (2005)
Synonyms
The middle part of an animal's body, like a fish or snake
Surface Forms
Etymology
Thorax comes from an old Greek word thorax meaning 'breastplate' or 'armor'. So in insects the thorax is the strong middle section that carries the legs and wings, like a small armored chest.