[f. L. āla wing + trunc-us trunk.] The segment of an insect’s body to which the wings are attached; the thorax.
1816–43. Kirby & Spence, Entomol., III. 531. Wing-trunk;—a happy term, which I have adopted and latinized, calling it the alitrunk.
[f. L. āla wing + trunc-us trunk.] The segment of an insect’s body to which the wings are attached; the thorax.
1816–43. Kirby & Spence, Entomol., III. 531. Wing-trunk;—a happy term, which I have adopted and latinized, calling it the alitrunk.
