metathoraxn.

Brit.

/ˌmɛtəˈθɔːraks/, U.S.

/ˌmɛdəˈθɔˌræks/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meta- prefix, thorax n.

Etymology: < meta- prefix + thorax n. Compare mesothorax n. and prothorax n. Compare French métathorax (1820).

Entomology.

The third, posterior segment of an insect's thorax, bearing the hindwings and hind legs. Cf. mesothorax n., prothorax n.

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1817 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. II. xxiii. 318 The..abdomen and metathorax.

1841 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 131 124 Those [sc. the developing legs] of the fifth segment, which I regard as the proper metathorax, had advanced a little towards the fourth.

1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals vii. 400 The..tergal portion of the metathorax.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xiii. 247 The wings..arise as flattened sacs, growing from the second and third segments of the thorax (the mesothorax and the metathorax).

1960 D. C. Braungart & R. Buddeke Introd. Animal Biol. (ed. 5) xii. 181 On the bee..the first segment of the abdomen, called the propodeum, is solidly fused with the metathorax.

1998 Bee Craft 80 305/1 There are dorsoventral muscles in the mesothorax..and metathorax, so each pair of wings can be elevated by its own pair of muscles.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	metathorax
释义	metathoraxn. Brit. /ˌmɛtəˈθɔːraks/, U.S. /ˌmɛdəˈθɔˌræks/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meta- prefix, thorax n. Etymology: < meta- prefix + thorax n. Compare mesothorax n. and prothorax n. Compare French métathorax (1820). Entomology. The third, posterior segment of an insect's thorax, bearing the hindwings and hind legs. Cf. mesothorax n., prothorax n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > thorax > metathorax after-breast1817 metathorax1817 meditrunk1826 potrunk1826 1817 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. II. xxiii. 318 The..abdomen and metathorax. 1841 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 131 124 Those [sc. the developing legs] of the fifth segment, which I regard as the proper metathorax, had advanced a little towards the fourth. 1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals vii. 400 The..tergal portion of the metathorax. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xiii. 247 The wings..arise as flattened sacs, growing from the second and third segments of the thorax (the mesothorax and the metathorax). 1960 D. C. Braungart & R. Buddeke Introd. Animal Biol. (ed. 5) xii. 181 On the bee..the first segment of the abdomen, called the propodeum, is solidly fused with the metathorax. 1998 Bee Craft 80 305/1 There are dorsoventral muscles in the mesothorax..and metathorax, so each pair of wings can be elevated by its own pair of muscles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1817
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