mesothorax

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the middle of the three segments of an insect's thorax, bearing the second pair of legs and, when present, the forewings

   The beetle's stridulatory rasp lay on the mesothorax beneath the wing covers.

Formed from meso-, 'middle,' + thorax. Entomologists divide the insect thorax into the prothorax, mesothorax, and metathorax; the name identifies the middle segment.

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