thorax
The region of the mammalian body between the neck and abdomen as well as the cavity…The region of the mammalian body between the neck and abdomen as well as the cavity containing the heart and lungs.
» The body of an insect is divided into head, thorax and abdomen.
Der Körper eines Insekts gliedert sich in Kopf, Brust und Hinterleib.
Тело насекомого делится на голову, грудь и брюшко.
Meaning
2 sensesThe region of the mammalian body between the neck and abdomen as well as the cavity containing the heart and lungs.
Holonyms: torso, trunk < body
Meronym: chest
Thorax
грудна́я кле́ткаgrudnája klétka, то́раксtóraks
то́раксtóraks, грудна́ клі́ткаhrudná klítka
the middle region of the body of an arthropod between the head and the abdomen
The middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body to which the legs are attached.
Holonym: body
Meronyms: prothorax, mesothorax, metathorax
Thorax
то́раксtóraks
то́раксtóraks
part of an insect's body that bears the wings and legs
Examples
2 sentencesThe body of an insect is divided into head, thorax and abdomen.
ruТело насекомого делится на голову, грудь и брюшко.
deDer Körper eines Insekts gliedert sich in Kopf, Brust und Hinterleib.
Sami used a forceps to pick the ant up from its thorax.
Translations
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Origin
From Latin thorax, from Ancient Greek θώραξ (thṓrax, “a breastplate, cuirass, corslet”).From Latin thorax, from Ancient Greek θώραξ (thṓrax, “a breastplate, cuirass, corslet”).
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