Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The combined meso- and metathorax of a thysanopterous insect; that portion of the thorax that boars the wings.
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Most of the thorax is fused to form the pterothorax which is tilted to displace the legs forward and the wings backward.
Insecta (Aquatic) 2008
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