- Ballet style - Genre of music - Of the ancient Greeks or Romans - Type of music - Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in
literature or art. - Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans, esp.
to Greek or Roman authors of the highest rank, or of the period when
their best literature was produced; of or pertaining to places
inhabited by the ancient Greeks and Romans, or rendered famous by their
deeds. - Conforming to the best authority in literature and art;
chaste; pure; refined; as, a classical style.
- An under garment among the ancient Greeks, nearly
representing the modern shirt. - One of a group of gastropod mollusks, with a shell composed
of eight movable dorsal plates. See Polyplacophora.
- Part of an insect's body with wings or legs - The part of the trunk between the neck and the abdomen,
containing that part of the body cavity the walls of which are
supported by the dorsal vertebrae, the ribs, and the sternum, and which
the heart and lungs are situated; the chest. - The middle region of the body of an insect, or that region
which bears the legs and wings. It is composed of three united somites,
each of which is composed of several distinct parts. See Illust. in
Appendix. and Illust. of Coleoptera. - The second, or middle, region of the body of a crustacean,
arachnid, or other articulate animal. In the case of decapod Crustacea,
some writers include under the term thorax only the three segments
bearing the maxillipeds; others include also the five segments bearing
the legs. See Illust. in Appendix. - A breastplate, cuirass, or corselet; especially, the
breastplate worn by the ancient Greeks.