Thorax (disambiguation)
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The thorax is the human chest, or division of an animal's body that lies between the head and the abdomen.
Thorax may also refer to:
- The thorax in insects: Thorax (insect anatomy)
- Thorax Ancient Greek armour, see Linothorax.
- Thorax porcellana, a species of cockroach
People
- Thorax of Larissa, an ancient Greek noble of the 5th century BC
- Thorax of Lacedaemonia, a Lacedaemonian commander of the late 5th/early 4th century BC.
- Thorax, who commissioned the 10th Pythian Ode of Pindar, in which the names of Thorax and his lover Hippocleas are immortalized
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