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cephalothorax Zool.|ˌsɛfələʊˈθɔəræks|
[f. Gr. κεϕαλή head + thorax; see quot. 1835.]
The anterior division of the body, consisting of the coalesced head and thorax, in certain Arachnida and Crustacea (as common spiders and crabs).
1835Kirby Hab. & Inst. Anim. The head and trunk..forming together what he [Latreille] names a cephalothorax. 1861J. Blackwall Hist. Spiders I. Introd. 1 Spiders, with few exceptions, have a cephalo-thorax. 1880Huxley Cray-Fish 19 The fore part is termed the Cephalothorax.
Hence ˌcephalothoˈracic a.
1851Richardson Geol. viii. 260 The King-Crabs..have the body covered with a large cephalo-thoracic shield. 1859Todd Cycl. Anat. V. 299/1 The cephalo-thoracic division. |