thorax
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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.
From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2024
They’re mostly black except for yellow splotches on the top of their thorax and heads.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 24, 2023
Then the researchers studied each specimen directly and took a piece of its thorax for DNA sequencing.
From Scientific American • Mar. 8, 2023
Another intern taught her how to spread the jam evenly, monitor the drying process, then use tweezers to assemble the head, thorax, abdomen and wings.
From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2023
The day to which she was eternally skewered, like a moth stuck through the thorax by a long, shining pin.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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