Crossword Solver
Crossword Clue
Hidden Word
Word Meaning
Synonym
Anagram Solver
Find Word
Word Meaning
Find the meaning or definition of a english word
Submit
thorax definition and meaning
n.
The part of the trunk between the neck and the abdomen, containing that part of the body cavity the walls of which are supported by the dorsal vertebrae, the ribs, and the sternum, and which the heart and lungs are situated; the chest.
n.
The middle region of the body of an insect, or that region which bears the legs and wings. It is composed of three united somites, each of which is composed of several distinct parts. See Illust. in Appendix. and Illust. of Coleoptera.
n.
The second, or middle, region of the body of a crustacean, arachnid, or other articulate animal. In the case of decapod Crustacea, some writers include under the term thorax only the three segments bearing the maxillipeds; others include also the five segments bearing the legs. See Illust. in Appendix.
n.
A breastplate, cuirass, or corselet; especially, the breastplate worn by the ancient Greeks.
Crossword clues for thorax
- Part of an insect's body with wings or legs
Latest view
air drying
manifold
appliedly
geomancer
recommending
melter
interveined
carried
customs
chromoplastid
stone dead
aglossal
gull
foresail
evacuator
hickup
geologer
retainable
handkercher
fumarine
Popular word
crossword clue
spectrum luminosity diagram
uret
horseweed
ent
oppugned
vesico
pasilaly
meta
send on
ear for music
sherlock
financial remuneration
unchivalrous
clanging
basi
any which way
burial case
schwann's white substance
nemato
Random word
Stumming
Taenidium
Episcopal
Polypus
Occurring
Linden
Dolphin
Civilized
Guidable
Germule
Bisk
Buy
Straught
Counterpole
Percussing
Pouncing
Trayfuls
Vegetative
Trefoil
Interspersing