Definitions for metathorax

metathorax met·a·tho·rax

Spelling: [met-uh-thawr-aks, -thohr-]
IPA: /ˌmɛt əˈθɔr æks, -ˈθoʊr-/

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

You can make 409 anagrams from letters in metathorax (aaehmorttx).

Definitions for metathorax

noun

  1. the posterior division of the thorax of an insect, bearing the third pair of legs and the second pair of wings.

Origin of metathorax

First recorded in 1810-20; meta- + thorax

Examples for metathorax

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

The abdomen articulates with the metathorax by the full width of the broad first abdominal segment.

Thorax anticus valde productus et attenuatus; scutellum bispinosum; metathorax magnus, declivis.

By this name I would distinguish the part which laterally connects the metathorax and postpectus.

The upper side of this is the metathorax, and its lower side the postpectus.

Thorax much produced and attenuated in front; scutellum armed with two spines; metathorax slanting, well developed.

The metathorax bears the hind pair of wings and the third pair of legs.

The ventral part of this segment is dovetailed into the ventral part of the metathorax and appears to be part of it.

"And metathorax," chimed in the frump, her head close to his.

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

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