The body of an insect is divided into head, thorax and abdomen.
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Thorax
//ˈθɔɹæks//
Synonyms for "thorax" (33 found)
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9 entriesTranslations
76 translations across 42 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- կրծքավանդակ noun (region of the mammalian body)
Bulgarian
1 entries- гръден кош noun (region of the mammalian body)
Catalan
1 entries- tòrax noun (region of the mammalian body)
Cebuano
1 entries- dughan noun (region of the mammalian body)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 胸廓 noun (region of the mammalian body)
- 胸部 noun (region of the mammalian body)
Czech
2 entries- hrudník noun (region of the mammalian body)
- hruď noun (region of the mammalian body)
Dutch
3 entries- borst noun (region of the mammalian body)
- borstkas noun (region of the mammalian body)
- borststuk noun (middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body)
Esperanto
1 entries- torako noun (region of the mammalian body)
Finnish
2 entries- keskiruumis noun (middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body)
- rintakehä noun (region of the mammalian body)
French
2 entries- thorax noun (region of the mammalian body)
- thorax noun (middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body)
Galician
2 entries- arca noun (region of the mammalian body)
- tórax noun (region of the mammalian body)
German
2 entries- Thorax noun (region of the mammalian body)
- Thorax noun (middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body)
Greek
2 entries- θώρακας noun (region of the mammalian body)
- θώρακας noun (middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body)
Hungarian
2 entries- mellkas noun (region of the mammalian body)
- tor noun (middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body)
Icelandic
4 entries- brjóst noun (region of the mammalian body)
- brjósthol noun (region of the mammalian body)
- brjóstkassi noun (region of the mammalian body)
- frambolur noun (middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body)
Ido
1 entries- torako noun (region of the mammalian body)
Irish
3 entries- cliabhrach noun (region of the mammalian body)
- tóracs noun (region of the mammalian body)
- tóracs noun (middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body)
Italian
2 entries- petto noun (region of the mammalian body)
- torace noun (region of the mammalian body)
Japanese
1 entries- 胸郭 noun (region of the mammalian body)
Korean
2 entries- 흉곽 noun (region of the mammalian body)
- 흉부 noun (region of the mammalian body)
Lombard
2 entries- peit noun (region of the mammalian body)
- torax noun (region of the mammalian body)
Macedonian
1 entries- гради noun (region of the mammalian body)
Malay
2 entries- toraks noun (region of the mammalian body)
- toraks noun (middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body)
Malayalam
1 entries- നെഞ്ച് noun (region of the mammalian body)
Māori
3 entries- hōpara noun (region of the mammalian body)
- tārāuma noun (region of the mammalian body)
- tārāuma noun (middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- sing noun (region of the mammalian body)
Occitan
1 entries- torax noun (region of the mammalian body)
Polish
2 entries- klatka piersiowa noun (region of the mammalian body)
- tułów noun (middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body)
Portuguese
2 entries- tórax noun (region of the mammalian body)
- tórax noun (middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body)
Russian
3 entries- грудна́я кле́тка noun (region of the mammalian body)
- то́ракс noun (region of the mammalian body)
- то́ракс noun (middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body)
Sanskrit
1 entries- वक्षस् noun (region of the mammalian body)
Santali
1 entries- ᱠᱚᱲᱟᱢ noun (region of the mammalian body)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- broilleach noun (region of the mammalian body)
- cliabh noun (region of the mammalian body)
Slovene
4 entries- oprsje noun (middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body)
- prsni koš noun (region of the mammalian body)
- toraks noun (region of the mammalian body)
- toraks noun (middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body)
Spanish
2 entries- tórax noun (region of the mammalian body)
- tórax noun (middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body)
Swedish
2 entries- bröstkorg noun (region of the mammalian body)
- thorax noun (region of the mammalian body)
Tagalog
1 entries- dibdib noun (region of the mammalian body)
Thai
1 entries- อก noun (region of the mammalian body)
Ukrainian
3 entries- грудна́ клі́тка noun (region of the mammalian body)
- то́ракс noun (region of the mammalian body)
- то́ракс noun (middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body)
Vietnamese
2 entries- ngực noun (region of the mammalian body)
- vòng một noun (region of the mammalian body)
Volapük
1 entries- blötakev noun (region of the mammalian body)
Yiddish
1 entries- ברוסטקאַסטן noun (region of the mammalian body)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Sami used a forceps to pick the ant up from its thorax.
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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.
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Holonyms: torso, trunk < body
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