synthorax

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English

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Etymology

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From syn- +‎ thorax.

Noun

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synthorax (plural synthoraxes or synthoraces)

  1. In dragonflies and damselflies, the mesothorax and metathorax when fused together.
    • 1917, R. J. Tillyard, The Biology of Dragonflies[1], Cambridge University Press, archived from the original on 3 July 2017, page 20:
      The meso- and metathorax are large and powerful, and become fused together into one solid mass, which may conveniently be termed the synthorax.