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cephalothoraxes

cephalothoraxes is the plural of cephalothorax.

Meaning of cephalothorax

Noun

cephalothorax (plural cephalothoraxes or cephalothoraces)

  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

Questions about cephalothoraxes

What is cephalothoraxes the plural of?
Cephalothoraxes is the plural of cephalothorax.

Words near cephalothoraxes in the dictionary

  1. cephalothoracic
  2. cephalothoracoomphalopagus
  3. cephalothoracopagi
  4. cephalothoracopagus
  5. cephalothorax
  6. cephalothoraxes
  7. cephalothricid
  8. cephalothricids
  9. cephalotin
  10. cephalotome
  11. cephalotomes

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