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# thorax

noun (a thorax, thoraxes or thoraces)

«thorax» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The thorax is the middle part of an insect's body, between the head and the abdomen, where the legs and wings are attached. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thorax/#m1)
2. In people and other animals with backbones, the thorax is the chest, the part of the body between the neck and the belly, holding the heart and lungs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thorax/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons pupils learn that every insect has three body parts — head, thorax and abdomen — and six legs joined to the thorax. Spiders are not insects: they have two body parts and eight legs. In human biology the thorax is protected by the ribcage. Phrases: «head, thorax and abdomen».

### Examples

- An insect's legs are joined to its thorax. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thorax/#x1)
- The bee's thorax is fuzzy and yellow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thorax/#x2)
- Label the head, thorax and abdomen of the ant. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thorax/#x3)
- Wings grow from the thorax. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thorax/#x4)
- The ribs protect the organs in the thorax. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thorax/#x5)
- A spider has no separate thorax; its head and thorax are joined. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thorax/#x6)
- The beetle's thorax is shiny and hard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thorax/#x7)

### Note

Plural: thoraxes (in science also thoraces). Adjective: thoracic. Trap: insects have 3 body parts and 6 legs; spiders 2 body parts (cephalothorax and abdomen) and 8 legs.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «thorax» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thorax/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«thorax» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/thorax.html) on Mova free.