(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:09:30

Met`a*tho"rax (?), n. [NL.: cf. F. m'etathorax. See Meta-, and Thorax.] Zool.

The last or posterior segment of the thorax in insects. See Illust. of Coleoptera.

 

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