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prothorax

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: P R OW0 TH AO1 R AE0 K S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The anterior segment of the insect thorax; it carries the first pair of legs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences, zoology, zootomy

Examples

  • Holonym: thorax

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the anterior part of an insect's thorax; bears the first pair of legs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: thorax

History

Etymology

From pro- + thorax.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: protòrax — the anterior part of the insect thorax
  • Chinese Mandarin: 前胸 (qiánxiōng) — the anterior part of the insect thorax
  • Czech: předohruď — the anterior part of the insect thorax
  • French: prothorax — the anterior part of the insect thorax
  • German: Prothorax — the anterior part of the insect thorax
  • Greek: προθώρακας (prothórakas) — the anterior part of the insect thorax
  • Indonesian: protoraks — the anterior part of the insect thorax
  • Italian: protorace — the anterior part of the insect thorax
  • Japanese: 前胸 — the anterior part of the insect thorax
  • Latin: prothorax — the anterior part of the insect thorax
  • Polish: przedtułów — the anterior part of the insect thorax
  • Polish: przedtułowie — the anterior part of the insect thorax
  • Portuguese: protórax — the anterior part of the insect thorax
  • Russian: переднегру́дь (perednegrúdʹ) — the anterior part of the insect thorax
  • Spanish: protórax — the anterior part of the insect thorax