Definition of Thoracica
:a division of Cirripedia including barnacles that have six thoracic segments usually bearing six pairs of cirri
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Thoracica
plural noun
Tho·rac·i·ca
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-sə̇kə
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Origin and Etymology of thoracica
New Latin, from thoracica, neuter plural of thoracicus thoracic, from Late Greek thōrakikos
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