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PROTHORAX (prothoraces)
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Irregular inflected form: prothoraces
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 legs
Familiarity information: PROTHORAX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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