Definition of Prothoracic

1. a. Of or pertaining to the prothorax.

Definition of Prothoracic

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the prothorax. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Prothoracic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prothoracic

prothese
protheses
prothesis
prothetelic
prothetelous
prothetely
prothetic
prothonotarial
prothonotaries
prothonotary
prothonotary warbler
prothonotary warblers
prothonotaryship
prothonotaryships
prothoraces
prothoracic (current term)
prothoracic gland
prothoracicotropic
prothoracicotropic hormone
prothoracicotropic hormones
prothorax
prothoraxes
prothrombin
prothrombin accelerator
prothrombinase
prothrombins
prothrombotic
prothyalosome
prothyl
prothyls

Literary usage of Prothoracic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Guide to the Study of Insects, and a Treatise on Those Injurious and by Alpheus Spring Packard (1870)
"There are eleven pairs of stigmata, three thoracic and eight abdominal. The head of the semi-pupa lies under the head (a) and prothoracic ring (&). ..."

2. Psyche by Cambridge Entomological Club (1893)
"Ida M. Eliot, Cura/ine G. Soûle. prothoracic WINGS.—M. Charles Brongn- iart of Paris has just published in the Bulletin of the Société ..."

3. Mutation in Mosquitoes: Discussion and Communications from the Research by Samuel Ellsworth Weber (1907)
"... two on the mesothorax, and two further apart on the antero-lateral part of the dorsum of the thorax, in a line with the prothoracic emi- FIG. 4. ..."

4. Handbook of Invertebrate Zoology: For Laboratories and Seaside Work by William Keith Brooks (1882)
"Second abdominal sternum. 6. Median spine of prosternum. c. prothoracic ... P. prothoracic trochanter. c'. Mesothoracic FIG. 132. trochanter. c". ..."

5. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1907)
"prothoracic lobes entirely dark bluish ; head dark behind, without white margin ... prothoracic lobes entirely dark ; occiput green and blue, the eyes with ..."

6. Journal of the New York Entomological Society by New York Entomological Society (1901)
"J Posterior prothoracic lobe armed on the disk with sharp spines 3 Anterior femora with the terminal spine of the inner inferior row out of alignment, ..."

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