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Webster 1913 Edition
Prothorax
Pro-tho′rax
,Noun.
[Pref.
pro-
+ thorax
.] (Zool.)
The first or anterior segment of the thorax in insects. See Illusts. of
Butterfly
and Coleoptera
. Definition 2024
prothorax
prothorax
English
Noun
prothorax (plural prothoraxes or prothoraces)
- (entomology) The anterior part of the insect thorax; it carries the first pair of legs