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- noun Plural form of
abdomen .
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Examples
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These insects have very thin abdomens which many flies fail to represent well.
Fly of the Month... Tim Romano 2008
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"Bees," she said, pointing toward a pair of striped abdomens.
After 3 decades of dress-up, a costume wrangler takes her leave John Kelly 2010
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During a theme on insect families, their renderings of butterflies, ladybugs, flies, and other insects had heads, thoraxes, abdomens, and the correct number of legs!
Rebecca Palacios: Drawing for Young Learners Rebecca Palacios 2011
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During a theme on insect families, their renderings of butterflies, ladybugs, flies, and other insects had heads, thoraxes, abdomens, and the correct number of legs!
Rebecca Palacios: Drawing for Young Learners Rebecca Palacios 2011
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During a theme on insect families, their renderings of butterflies, ladybugs, flies, and other insects had heads, thoraxes, abdomens, and the correct number of legs!
Rebecca Palacios: Drawing for Young Learners Rebecca Palacios 2011
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"Bees," she said, pointing toward a pair of striped abdomens.
After 3 decades of dress-up, a costume wrangler takes her leave John Kelly 2010
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The next cell held three krait—creatures with reptilian heads and human torsos and serpent abdomens.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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Is there a localized outbreak of women having their abdomens beaten by people who want to avoid paying child support?
Lawmaker Behind South Dakota's 'Justifiable Homicide' Bill Defends Measure Jason Linkins 2011
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Taking this back to the original premise for this thread, it's probably not an accident that the "mouth-arms" of both Anomalocaris and Hurdia victoria look like the segments abdomens ( "tails") of shrimp.
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During a theme on insect families, their renderings of butterflies, ladybugs, flies, and other insects had heads, thoraxes, abdomens, and the correct number of legs!
Rebecca Palacios: Drawing for Young Learners Rebecca Palacios 2011
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