thoracic segment

collocation in English

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thoracic
adjective
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/θəˈræs.ɪk/us
/θəˈræs.ɪk/
medical
in humans and animals, relating ...
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segment
noun[C]
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/ˈseɡ.mənt/us
/ˈseɡ.mənt/
one of the smaller groups or amounts that a larger group or amount can be ...
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(Definition ofthoracicandsegmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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No adultthoracicsegmentknown.
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So, for example, in athoracicsegment, the tergum may be divided into an anterior notum and a posterior scutellum.
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There are two pairs of diffused whitish lines that run from the dorsum of the firstthoracicsegmentto the last abdominal segment.
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The orange strap on the thirdthoracicsegmentalmost disappear with only the skin fold left with longer bright white hairs.
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They have a large head, the hind edge of which covers the firstthoracicsegment.
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The bithorax group of homeotic selector genes control the specializations of the thirdthoracicsegmentand the abdominal segments.
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The head is fused with the firstthoracicsegmentto form the cephalon.
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Head larger than the first ring (firstthoracicsegment), green dotted with white and hairy, jaws marked with brownish.
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The thick bodied caterpillar has a swollen 3rdthoracicsegment.
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Moulting continued during the holaspid stages, with no changes inthoracicsegmentnumber.
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The wings interact with the posterior edge and the sixththoracicsegmentwhich is fused to the first abdominal segment.
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The hind part is considerably slimmer and is made up of the sixththoracicsegmentand the four legless pleonic segments.
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The orange fold of skin over the thirdthoracicsegmentis also more prominent.
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There is a region of interlocking sclerites that holds the jugum and scutellum on the middlethoracicsegmenttogether.
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The third, the posterior,thoracicsegment, abutting the abdomen, is the metathorax, which bears the third pair of legs and the posterior wings.
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The larvae are white with a black head, and a pair of black dots on eachthoracicsegment.
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As the larvae mature, the thirdthoracicsegmentdevelops a bright orange fold of skin which gives the caterpillar a peculiar striped appearance.
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When these genes are mutated, the thirdthoracicsegmentbecomes a repeat of the secondthoracicsegment, creating what is essentially a second thorax.
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It has two pairs of black, fleshy tentaclesone is on the secondthoracicsegmentand the other on the eighth abdominal segment but lacks spines.
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