the last segment of the thorax, after the metathorax.
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The mesothorax is the middle of the three segments in the thorax of an insect, and bears the second pair of legs. Its principal sclerites (exoskeletal plates) are the mesonotum (dorsal), the mesosternum (ventral), and the mesopleuron (lateral) on each side. The mesothorax is the segment that bears the forewings in all winged insects, though someti...
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• (n.) The middle segment of the thorax in insects. See Illust. of Coleoptera.
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(from the article `lepidopteran`) ...segments, the prothorax, mesothorax, and metathorax, each derived from a primitive segment. The prothorax bears the first pair of legs and a pair ...
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The 2nd segment of the thorax.
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the second (middle) segment of the thorax from the head, abbreviated as T2.
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The middle section of the thorax of an insect that bears the top wings and the middle pair of legs.
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Mes`o·tho'rax noun [
Meso- +
thorax : confer French
mésothorax .]
(Zoology) The middle segment of the thorax in insects. See
Illust. of
Coleoptera .
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The 2nd segment of the thorax.
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In entomology, the mesothorax is the middle rising of the thorax.
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second or middle segment of the thorax bearing the second or middle pair of legs and the anterior or first pair of wings
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the second or middle thoracic segment which bears the middle legs and the anterior wings. See mesothorax and prothorax.
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the second segment of the thorax
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the middle segment of the three segments of the thorax of an insect
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