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PROTHORAX (prothoraces)

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Irregular inflected form: prothoraces  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does prothorax mean? 

PROTHORAX (noun)
  The noun PROTHORAX has 1 sense:

1. the anterior part of an insect's thorax; bears the first pair of legsplay

  Familiarity information: PROTHORAX used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PROTHORAX (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The anterior part of an insect's thorax; bears the first pair of legs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("prothorax" is a kind of...):

thorax (part of an insect's body that bears the wings and legs)


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