mesothorax

About 0.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The middle of the three segments of the thorax of an insect, carrying the second pair of legs, and the forewings when present.

Similar words

mesosternum synthorax manitrunk mesanepisternum mesepisternum thorax mesopleuron opisthothorax metascutum metaventrite

Often followed by

and is of with are the has to in

Word family

mesothoraces mesothoraxes