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View definitions for thorax

thorax

noun as in chest

noun as in throat

noun as in trunk

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The bees used a variety of signals to communicate with each other, including several kinds of sounds made by vibrating the wings and thorax very quickly.

The tip of the western bumblebee abdomen can be whitish or rusty, yellow hairs may be present or absent above that, and all of these bumblebees have yellow hairs at the front of their thorax behind the head.

So they heat up faster than the thorax and can rapidly overheat.

She was severely beaten, with a dozen broken ribs, a lacerated liver, and signs of strangulation that included a fractured thorax.

"There were wounds to the head, and to the thorax," said Dr. Pereira.

The body is very convex:, having the thorax as wide as the abdomen, subquadrate, with very convex sides.

Thorax haud marginatus lateribus haud rotundatis subcylindricus antice angustius, postice sublobatus.

Thorax convexus antice posticeque marginatus lateribus rotundatis haud marginatis.

The head and thorax are of the colour of the wings, their sides and the conical abdomen being rather lighter.

Dr. Ayloff was one of the first to go, with some affection of the muscles of the thorax, which took him painfully at night.

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On this page you'll find 35 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to thorax, such as: breast, heart, rib cage, bosom, bust, and peritoneum.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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