alitrunk

== English == === Etymology === From Latin ala (“wing”) + truncus (“trunk”). === Noun === alitrunk (plural alitrunks) (zoology) The segment of an insect's body to which the wings are attached; the thorax or mesosoma. ==== Translations ==== === References === “alitrunk”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.