thoracic
One of a group of fishes having the ventral fins placed beneath the thorax or beneath the pectoral fins.
Related words
- athoracic
- cerebrofaciothoracic
- costothoracic
- dorsothoracic
- endothoracic
- hemithoracic
- humerothoracic
- hydrothoracic
- infrathoracic
- sternothoracic
- thoracic spine
- thoracic aorta
Word history
From Ancient Greek "θωρακικός" (suffering in the chest, of the thorax).
Where this comes from
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