synthorax
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Etymology
Noun
synthorax (plural synthoraxes or synthoraces)
- In dragonflies and damselflies, the mesothorax and metathorax when fused together.
- 1917, R. J. Tillyard, The Biology of Dragonflies, 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.
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