Thorax Synonyms

thôrăks
A box-like container, or a piece of furniture with drawers
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. trunk
  2. breast
The part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. chest
  2. pectus

Words Related to Thorax

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. abdomen
  2. dorsal
  3. spine
  4. ventrally
  5. palp
  6. forewing
  7. cephalothorax
  8. umbilicus
  9. forelimb

Thorax Sentence Examples

  • Each segment of the thorax carries a pair of legs.

  • No distinction between head, thorax and abdomen can be observed.

  • The larvae are remarkable for their small head, very broad thorax, with reduced legs, and narrow elongate abdomen.

  • In the adult state no insect possesses more than six legs, and they are always attached to the thorax; in many Thysanura there are, however, processes on the abdomen that, as to their position, are similar to legs.

  • Many of them, like ungulates, are specialized for swift running, and have unusually long limbs, with ridges developed on the articular surfaces of the lower bones; the clavicles are more or less reduced; the thorax is more compressed than usual, with a narrower breast-bone; and there is a marked tendency to the reduction or loss of the lateral toes, more especially in the hind limb.

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