Thorax

The body of an insect is divided into head, thorax and abdomen.

Sami used a forceps to pick the ant up from its thorax.

Adults can be nearly two inches long, and have a distinctly light-orange head with prominent black eyes, a black thorax and a black-and-yellow striped abdomen.

Holonyms: torso, trunk < body

Meronym: chest

Holonym: body

Meronyms: prothorax, mesothorax, metathorax