- alitrunk
[alitrunk 词源字典]
- "The mesosoma of a hymenopterous insect, especially an ant, consisting of the thorax and the propodeum fused together", Early 19th cent.; earliest use found in William Kirby (1759–1850), entomologist and naturalist. From classical Latin āla wing + trunk after French tronc alifère.[alitrunk etymology, alitrunk origin, 英语词源]