thorax

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Recent Examples of thorax Insects have three body segments (head, thorax, and abdomen) and six legs (three pairs), while spiders have two body segments (cephalothorax and abdomen) and eight legs (four pairs). Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 14 Oct. 2024 The crowning touch is a giant mosquito with a lava lamp on its thorax; the whole thing is made of a bunch of dumb American junk. Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 10 Sep. 2024 Unlike bees, which are typically fatter and fuzzier, wasps have a distinctive hourglass shape with a very thin waist where the thorax and abdomen meet. Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 16 Aug. 2024 If an infected wound is identified, the ants then treat said wound with antibiotics produced by a special gland on the side of the thorax (the metapleural gland). Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 2 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for thorax
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Noun
  • Carpenters have yellow fuzz on their thorax, but their abdomens are shiny, black, and hairless.
    Katie Akin, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2025
  • His post included a photo of his abdomen post-surgery, as well as an image of himself using a walker while being assisted by medical staff.
    Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • When the tabloids get wind that a human leg was found in a shark’s stomach, the public goes wild.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 18 May 2025
  • On your skin, not in your stomach So placentas do have some clear health benefits.
    Marley Dewey, The Conversation, 16 May 2025

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“Thorax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thorax. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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