English Explanatory Dictionary

mesothorax

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The middle of the three segments of the thorax of an insect, carrying the second pair of legs, and the forewings when present.

Word forms

mesothorax mesothoraxes mesothoraces

Etymology

From meso- + thorax.

Related words

prothorax metathorax mesothoracic

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