Usually means: First of three insect segments.
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  9. prothorax: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (prothorax)

▸ noun:  (entomology) The anterior segment of the insect thorax; it carries the first pair of legs.

Similar:
thorax, probasisternum, prophragma, episternum, propleuron, stethidium, prosoma, proctiger, propodeum, cephaloprothorax, more...

Opposite:
metathorax, mesothorax, posterior thorax

Types:
mesothorax, metathorax, more...

Adjectives:
large, long, broad, small, elongate, narrow, shorter, red, like, enlarged, less

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Similar:
thorax, probasisternum, prophragma, episternum, propleuron, stethidium, prosoma, proctiger, propodeum, cephaloprothorax, more...

Opposite:
metathorax, mesothorax, posterior thorax

Types:
mesothorax, metathorax, more...

Adjectives:
large, long, broad, small, elongate, narrow, shorter, red, like, enlarged, less



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