PROTHORAX - Definition

Pronunciation:		prow'thowraks
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] the anterior part of an insect's thorax; bears the first pair of legs

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	See Also:	thorax

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Pro*tho"rax\, n. [Pref. pro- + thorax.] (Zo["o]l.) The first or anterior segment of the thorax in insects. See Illusts. of {Butterfly} and {Coleoptera}.