The tagma of found in some arthropods, it is a segment comprising the head and the thorax fused together, and is distinct from the abdomen behind.
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the first body section - head and thorax fused together
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The cephalothorax is a tagma of various arthropods, comprising the head and the thorax fused together, as distinct from the abdomen behind. (The terms prosoma and opisthosoma are equivalent to cephalothorax and abdomen in some groups.) The word cephalothorax is derived from the Greek words for head (κεφαλή, kephalé) and thorax (θώραξ, ...
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Body segment consisting of the head and thorax fused together
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• (n.) The anterior portion of any one of the Arachnida and higher Crustacea, consisting of the united head and thorax.
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The fused head and thorax of many crustaceans.
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(from the article `arachnid`) ...liquefied remains into their mouths. Except among daddy longlegs and the mites and ticks, in which the entire body forms a single region, the ... Decapods have three distinct body regions, each made up of segments, or somites: the head, thorax, and abdomen. The head and the thorax are fused and ... Th...
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The fused head and thorax occurring in many arthropods, particularly crustaceans.
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A body region consisting of head and thoracic segments, as in spiders.
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Ceph`a·lo·tho'rax noun [
Cephalo- +
thorax .]
(Zoology) The anterior portion of any one of the Arachnida and higher Crustacea, consisting of the united head and thorax.
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the combination head and thorax (also called the prosoma
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the fused segments of the head and thorax
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The cephalothorax is the anterior segment in spiders, scorpions, crustaceans, etc, consisting of the head and thorax combined.
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The anterior (front) of the two major divisions of the body of a spider.
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The united head and thorax of Arachnida and Crustacea.
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the anterior most of the two body sections of an arachnid.
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(see prosoma)
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n. fore part of a spider's body, distinct from the abdomen and having all four pairs of legs
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part of an arthropod's body that combines the head and thorax; the head and thorax are fused together
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the anterior part of the body in certain arachnids and crustaceans, consisting of the coalesced head and thorax.
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