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Definition of Mesothorax
1. n. The middle segment of the thorax in insects. See Illust. of Coleoptera.
Definition of Mesothorax
1. Noun. The middle of the three segments of the thorax of an insect ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mesothorax
1. [n -RAXES or -RACES]
Medical Definition of Mesothorax
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Mesothorax
Literary usage of Mesothorax
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock (1920)
"THE SEGMENTS OF THE THORAX The prothorax, the mesothorax, and the metathorax.
... The mesothorax and the metathorax are more or less closely united, ..."
2. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt, Malcolm Burr (1890)
"Beneath the mesothorax there is a transverse ridge or and taper gradually ...
as The pads beneath mesothorax are more clearly developed than in the are also ..."
3. The Entomologist's Text Book: An Introduction to the Natural History by John Obadiah Westwood (1838)
"If this pair of wings be the anterior pair, the mesothorax is greatly enlarged;
this is, ... 126), where the mesothorax almost occupies the entire thorax. ..."
4. Mutation in Mosquitoes: Discussion and Communications from the Research by Samuel Ellsworth Weber (1907)
"In a personal letter from Theobald he distinctly says " two round pale scaled
spots on the mesothorax." These spots are the principal marks of contrast ..."
5. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1904)
"The yellow patch not so; scutellum with two yellow spots; mesothorax all black,
... mesothorax red; front red, no yellow spot in front of middle ocellus; ..."
6. The Mosquitoes of North and Central America and the West Indies by Leland Ossian Howard, Harrison Gray Dyar, Frederick Knab (1917)
"Thorax rounded quadrate, about as long as wide; hairs short, consisting of
feathered hairs and a few short simple ones, mesothorax sparsely haired. ..."
7. Catalogue of the Specimens of Neuropterous Insects in the Collection of the by Francis Walker (1852)
"... not prominent : mesothorax very gibbous above : sides of the thorax and abdomen
slightly clouded with brown ..."
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