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Meanings of thoracic segment in English

Thoracic cord.

        Usage of thoracic segment in English
        1
        Both the legs and wings of the insect are attached to the thoracic segment of its body.
        Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 437 / Volume 17, New Series, M...
        2
        The thoracic segments are provided with wider plates, but unarmed.
        The Wonders of Instinct: Chapters in the Psychology of Insects
        3
        The Two-banded Scolia stings a little lower down, on the line of demarcation between the first two thoracic segments.
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