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cephalothorax en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• sĕf'ə-lə-thôr'ăks'
• /ˌsɛfələˈθɑɹæks/ (US)
• /ˌsɛfələˈθɔɹæks/ (Canada)
• /ˌsɛfələˈθɔɹæks/ (US)
• sĕf'ə-lə-thōr'ăks'

Etymology

From cephalo- + thorax.

Meanings

1. The fused head and thorax of spiders and crustaceans.
   • "Come in!" says the gray spider to the house-fly; "I have entertained a great many flies. I have plenty of room, fine meals and a gay life. [...] Philosophers have written volumes about my antennae and cephalothorax." 1874, T. De Witt Talmage, Around the tea-table:

Forms

Deriveds

cephalothoracic

Relateds

thorax · cephalon · cephaloprothorax

Translations (11)

eo cefalotorako (anatomy: fused head and thorax) · bg главо̀гръ́д (anatomy: fused head and thorax) · de Kopfbruststück (anatomy: fused head and thorax) · pl głowotułów (anatomy: fused head and thorax) · eo prosomo (anatomy: fused head and thorax) · ru головогрудь (anatomy: fused head and thorax) · af kefalotoraks (anatomy: fused head and thorax) · el κεφαλοθώρακας (anatomy: fused head and thorax) · ja 頭胸部 (anatomy: fused head and thorax) · hu fejtor (anatomy: fused head and thorax) · fr céphalothorax (anatomy: fused head and thorax)