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thorax

noun as in chest

noun as in throat

noun as in trunk

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The first controls the formation of colour pattern on the wings, while the second controls the colouring of the head, thorax and abdomen.

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They take these antibiotics from the metapleural gland, which is located on the side of their thorax.

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They’re mostly black except for yellow splotches on the top of their thorax and heads.

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Some drones got little paper tags containing an individual code as well as a code for the orientation on the thorax.

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The probable cause of death was a “violent shock to the thorax caused by a projectile of the ‘flashball’ type,” commonly used by French police for riot control.

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