Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The anterior section of arachnids and many crustaceans, consisting of the fused head and thorax.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The anterior division of the body in arthropods, as crustaceans, spiders, scorpions, etc., consisting of the head and thorax blended together.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The anterior portion of any one of the Arachnida and higher Crustacea, consisting of the united head and thorax.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy The fused
head andthorax ofspiders andcrustaceans .
Etymologies
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It has an abdomen and what we call a cephalothorax, which is kind of a fusion of the head and the thorax region.
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It has an abdomen and what we call a cephalothorax, which is kind of a fusion of the head and the thorax region.
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It has an abdomen and what we call a cephalothorax, which is kind of a fusion of the head and the thorax region.
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It has an abdomen and what we call a cephalothorax, which is kind of a fusion of the head and the thorax region.
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Instead the terms cephalothorax or prosoma are widely used.}: that portion of an obtect pupa covering head and thorax: the anterior segments of larva that have no obviously separated head.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Then they have a sternum which is located on the bottum of the cephalothorax, which is the flat structure that is surrounded by the leggs.
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Then they have a sternum which is located on the bottom of the cephalothorax, which is the flat structure that is surrounded by the legs.
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Then they have a sternum which is located on the bottom of the cephalothorax, which is the flat structure that is surrounded by the legs.
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The body of isopods is divided into three sections; the cephalothorax, the thorax and the abdomen.
Crustacea 2008
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The next five pairs of appendages on the cephalothorax are used in food handling, while the last five pairs of appendages are the walking legs.
Crustacea 2008
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