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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The dorsal part of the metathorax of an insect, succeeding the mesonotum and preceding the abdomen; the third and last segment of the notum.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) The dorsal portion of the metaphorax of insects.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun zoology The dorsal portion of the metaphorax of insects.

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New Latin, from Ancient Greek.

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