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alitrunk (s) (noun), alitrunks (pl)
In zoology, the segment of the body of an insect to which the wings are attached; the thorax; mesosoma: The alitrunk is found in the higher Hymenoptera, including the true thorax and (fused anteriorly to the thorax) the first abdominal segment.
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mesosoma, alitrunk (s) (noun); mesosomas; alitrunks (pl)
The middle of the three major divisions of the insect body: In most insects, the mesosoma is the strict equivalent of the thorax; but in the higher hymenoptera, it includes the propodeum (first abdominal segment of hymenopterans, fused to the thorax).

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