thorax

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The region of the mammalian body between the neck and abdomen as well as the cavity containing the heart and lungs.

   Holonyms: torso, trunk < body.

2. 2
   noun

   The middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body to which the legs are attached.

   Holonym: body.

3. 3
   noun

   part of an insect's body that bears the wings and legs

4. 4
   noun

   the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates

From Latin thorax, from Ancient Greek θώραξ (thṓrax, “a breastplate, cuirass, corslet”).

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