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Term to be defined Definition Synonyms & Keywords
Thorax - "In chordates, the chest, the part of the body that contains the heart and the lungs; in arthropods, the leg-bearing membranous segments between head and abdomen."(B79 - Animalia (Animals) associated terms)

- "middle region of the body of an insect, between the head and the abdomen, which bears the legs and the wings." (B250, D70)

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