cephalothorax 1

noundomain: body part
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The cephalothorax is a tagma of various arthropods, comprising the head and the thorax fused together, as distinct from the abdomen behind.

  • 1.n horseshoe crabs and many crustaceans, a hard shell called the carapace covers the cephalothorax.
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