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Prothorax

Definition: Prothorax

Prothorax

Noun

1. The anterior part of an insect's thorax; bears the first pair of legs.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Note: Prothorax \Pro*tho"rax\, noun. [Prefix pro- thorax.]. (Websters 1913)


Crosswords: Prothorax

English words defined with "prothorax": CucullatedPronotum, Prosternum, ProthoracicSnake fly, snakeflyTree hopperWheel bug. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Prothorax

DomainTitle

Books

  • Vergleichende Untersuchungen am Skelett und an der Coxalmuskulatur des Prothorax der Coleoptera : ein Beitrag zur Klèarung der phylogenetischen Beziehungen der Adephaga (Coleoptera, Insecta) = Comparative investigations on skeleton and coxal musculature o (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Prothorax

Illustrations:
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Usage Frequency: Prothorax

"Prothorax" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Prothorax" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%9117,287

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Prothorax

Language Translations for "prothorax"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

előtor. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

othoraxpray

   

Spanish

  

protórax. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

перший грудний сегмент. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Prothorax

Derivations

Words beginning with "prothorax": prothoraxes. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Prothorax"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "prothorax" (pronounced prōthô"raks)
6-th ô" r a k sthorax.
4-r a k santhrax.
3-a k scossacks, kayaks.

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Anagrams: Prothorax

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-h-o-o-p-r-r-t-x"

-3 letters: orator, parrot, raptor, thorax, torpor.

-4 letters: aport, ortho, photo, rotor, thoro, thorp, torah, troop.

-5 letters: atop, harp, hart, hoar, hoax, hoop, hoot, hora, oath, opah, orra, parr, part, path, phat, phot, pooh, poor, port, prao, prat, proa, rapt, rath, rato, roar, root, rota, roto, tahr, taro, tarp, thro, toph, tora, toro, torr, trap.

 Words containing the letters "a-h-o-o-p-r-r-t-x"
 

+2 letters: prothoraxes.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Usage Frequency
6. Translations: Modern
7. Derivations
8. Rhymes
9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography


  

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