alitrunk

English

Etymology

From Latin ala (“wing”) + truncus (“trunk”).

Noun

alitrunk (plural alitrunks)

1. (zoology) The segment of an insect's body to which the wings are attached; the thorax or mesosoma.
   • 1818, William Kirby, William Spence, An Introduction To Entomology: Or, Elements Of The Natural History Of Insects:

     Alitrunk of Cossus ligniperda

Translations

segment of an insect's body to which the wings are attached

• Portuguese: alitronco m

References

• “alitrunk”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.