Meanings
nouncephalothorax (plural cephalothoraxes or cephalothoraces)
plural cephalothoraxes · plural cephalothoraces
- The fused head and thorax of spiders and crustaceans.
"Come in!" says the gray spider to the house-fly; "I have entertained a great many flies. I have plenty of room, fine meals and a gay life. [...] Philosophers have written volumes about my antennae and cephalothorax."
1874, T. De Witt Talmage, Around the tea-table
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans kefalotoraks
- kefalotoraksanatomy: fused head and thorax
Bulgarian главо̀гръ́д
- главо̀гръ́д (glavògrắd)anatomy: fused head and thorax
Esperanto cefalotorako, prosomo
- cefalotorakoanatomy: fused head and thorax
- prosomoanatomy: fused head and thorax
French céphalothorax
- céphalothoraxanatomy: fused head and thorax
German Kopfbruststück
- Kopfbruststückanatomy: fused head and thorax
Greek κεφαλοθώρακας
- κεφαλοθώρακας (kefalothórakas)anatomy: fused head and thorax
Hungarian fejtor
- fejtoranatomy: fused head and thorax
Japanese 頭胸部
- 頭胸部 (tōkyōbu)anatomy: fused head and thorax
Polish głowotułów
- głowotułówanatomy: fused head and thorax
Russian головогрудь
- головогрудь (golovogrudʹ)anatomy: fused head and thorax
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APA
cephalothorax. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cephalothorax
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“cephalothorax.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cephalothorax. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cephalothorax,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cephalothorax.
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