English Explanatory Dictionary

prothorax

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The anterior segment of the insect thorax; it carries the first pair of legs.

Word forms

prothorax prothoraxes prothoraces

Etymology

From pro- + thorax.

Related words

mesothorax metathorax

Derived words

cephaloprothorax prothoracic
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