1) Bears the first pair of legs 2) Thorax
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The first segment on the thorax posterior to the metathorax.
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The prothorax is the foremost of the three segments in the thorax of an insect, and bears the first pair of legs. Its principal sclerites (exoskeletal plates) are the pronotum (dorsal), the prosternum (ventral), and the propleuron (lateral) on each side. The prothorax never bears wings in extant insects, though some fossil groups possessed wing-li...
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First or anterior thoracic segment
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One of the three thoracic segments, closest to the head.
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• (n.) The first or anterior segment of the thorax in insects. See Illusts. of Butterfly and Coleoptera.
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(from the article `lepidopteran`) The thorax consists of three segments, the prothorax, mesothorax, and metathorax, each derived from a primitive segment. The prothorax bears the ...
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The 1st or anterior thoracic segment.
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first thoracic segment; segment to which head attaches.
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the first segment of the thorax behind the head, abbreviated as T1.
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The first segment of the thorax, which bears the first pair of legs.
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Pro·tho'rax noun [ Prefix
pro- +
thorax .]
(Zoology) The first or anterior segment of the thorax in insects. See
Illusts . of
Butterfly and
Coleoptera .
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The anterior of the three thoracic segments.
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The 1st or anterior thoracic segment.
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[
n] - the anterior part of an insect`s thorax
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noun the anterior part of an insect`s thorax; bears the first pair of legs
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the first segment of the thorax bearing the first pair of legs
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the first thoracic segment, or portion of the thorax nearest the head. The prothorax bears an anterior pair of legs but does not bear wings. See mesothorax and metathorax.
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the first segment of the thorax
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the first segment of the thorax; the prothorax is connected to the head
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the anterior division of the thorax of an insect, bearing the first pair of legs.
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