English Explanatory Dictionary

alitrunk

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The segment of an insect's body to which the wings are attached; the thorax or mesosoma.

Word forms

alitrunk alitrunks

Etymology

From Latin ala (“wing”) + truncus (“trunk”).

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