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Thorax

//ˈθɔɹæks// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The region of the mammalian body between the neck and abdomen as well as the cavity containing the heart and lungs.

    "Holonyms: torso, trunk < body"

  2. 2
    part of an insect's body that bears the wings and legs wordnet
  3. 3
    The middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body to which the legs are attached.

    "Holonym: body"

  4. 4
    the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates wordnet
  5. 5
    the middle region of the body of an arthropod between the head and the abdomen wordnet

Etymology

From Latin thorax, from Ancient Greek θώραξ (thṓrax, “a breastplate, cuirass, corslet”).

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