"metathorax" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: metathoraxes [plural], metathoraces [plural]
Etymology: From meta- + thorax. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|meta|thorax}} meta- + thorax Head templates: {{en-noun|+|metathoraces}} metathorax (plural metathoraxes or metathoraces)
  1. (entomology) The hindmost of the three sections of the thorax of an insect, carrying the posterior pair of legs and the hindwings when present. Related terms: metathoracic [adjective] Translations (the hindmost of the three sections of the thorax of an insect): zadohruď [feminine] (Czech)

Inflected forms

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