Definitions for mesothorax

mesothorax mes·o·tho·rax

Spelling: [mez-uh-thawr-aks, -thohr-, mes-, mee-zuh-, -s
IPA: /ˌmɛz əˈθɔr æks, -ˈθoʊr-, ˌmɛs-, ˌmi zə-, -sə-/

Mesothorax is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 719 anagrams from letters in mesothorax (aehmoorstx).

Definitions for mesothorax

noun

  1. the middle segment of the three divisions of the thorax of an insect, bearing the second pair of legs and the first pair of wings.

Origin of mesothorax

First recorded in 1820-30; meso- + thorax

Examples for mesothorax

In the Neuroptera there is no material or striking difference between the parts of the mesothorax and metathorax.

Lastly, we count nine pairs of stigmata: one pair on the mesothorax and the rest on the first eight segments of the abdomen.

On either side we count nine stigmata, set as before on the mesothorax and the first eight abdominal segments.

These are the mesothorax and the first eight abdominal segments.

It consists primarily of an upper and lower part, which in the table are denominated the mesothorax and the medipectus.

In Coleoptera it consists of a tense elastic membrane, which is quite covered by the mesothorax.

Thorax finely punctured, with the disk of the mesothorax impunctate; wings dark brown with a rich coppery iridescence.

The next segment is the mesothorax, which is immovably fused to the next thoracic segment.

Prothoracic segment a little longer than the mesothorax which, in turn, slightly exceeds the metathorax.

When it is covered by the mesothorax; it is then usually a mere membrane.

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