thorax
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 16
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 6
/ˈθɔɹæks/
Definition of thorax
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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The region of the mammalian body between the neck and abdomen as well as the cavity containing the heart and lungs.
“Holonyms: torso, trunk < body”
“Meronym: chest”
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noun
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The region of the mammalian body between the neck and abdomen as well as the cavity containing the heart and lungs.
“Holonyms: torso, trunk < body”
“Meronym: chest”
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The middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body to which the legs are attached.
“Holonym: body”
“Meronyms: prothorax, mesothorax, metathorax”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Latin thorax, from Ancient Greek θώραξ (thṓrax, “a breastplate, cuirass, corslet”).
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