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alitrunk

alitrunk noun: the segment of an insect's body to which the wings are attached; the thorax or mesosoma.

Noun

alitrunk (plural alitrunks)

  1. The segment of an insect's body to which the wings are attached; the thorax or mesosoma.
    • Alitrunk of Cossus ligniperda1818, William Kirby, William Spence, An Introduction To Entomology: Or, Elements Of The Natural History Of Insects

Forms of alitrunk

pluralalitrunks

Origin of alitrunk

From Latin ala (“wing”) + truncus (“trunk”).

Questions about alitrunk

What does alitrunk mean?
Alitrunk means the segment of an insect's body to which the wings are attached; the thorax or mesosoma.
What part of speech is alitrunk?
Alitrunk is a noun.
What is the plural of alitrunk?
The plural of alitrunk is alitrunks.

Words near alitrunk in the dictionary

  1. alitizes
  2. alitizing
  3. Alito
  4. alitretinoin
  5. alitretionin
  6. alitrunk
  7. alitrunks
  8. aliturgic
  9. aliturgical
  10. aliue
  11. aliunde

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