cephalothorax
See also: céphalothorax
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editcephalothorax (plural cephalothoraxes or cephalothoraces)
- The fused head and thorax of spiders and crustaceans
- 1874, T. De Witt Talmage, Around the tea-table:
- "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."
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editanatomy: fused head and thorax
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edit- Cephalothorax on Wikipedia.Wikipedia