thorax

«thorax» in Mova's school dictionary: the middle part of an insect's body, between the head and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a thorax, thoraxes or thoraces)

meaning for a pupil

1) The thorax is the middle part of an insect's body, between the head and the abdomen, where the legs and wings are attached. tree →

2) In people and other animals with backbones, the thorax is the chest, the part of the body between the neck and the belly, holding the heart and lungs. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons pupils learn that every insect has three body parts — head, thorax and abdomen — and six legs joined to the thorax. Spiders are not insects: they have two body parts and eight legs. In human biology the thorax is protected by the ribcage. Phrases: «head, thorax and abdomen».

examples

• An insect's legs are joined to its thorax. tree →
• The bee's thorax is fuzzy and yellow. tree →
• Label the head, thorax and abdomen of the ant. tree →
• Wings grow from the thorax. tree →
• The ribs protect the organs in the thorax. tree →
• A spider has no separate thorax; its head and thorax are joined. tree →
• The beetle's thorax is shiny and hard. tree →

note

Plural: thoraxes (in science also thoraces). Adjective: thoracic. Trap: insects have 3 body parts and 6 legs; spiders 2 body parts (cephalothorax and abdomen) and 8 legs.

In the corpora

• Insects have six legs and three body parts: head, thorax and abdomen.
• An insect's body has a head, a thorax and an abdomen.
• An insect's legs and wings are all fixed to the thorax.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «thorax» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.