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Torso : (noun)
1: the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved
their arms and legs and bodies" [syn: trunk, body]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Torso : \Tor"so\, n.; pl. E. Torsos, It. Torsi. [It. torso,
probably fr. L. thyrsus a stalk, stem, thyrsus, Gr. ?; cf.
OHG. torso, turso, a stalk, stem, G. dorsche a cabbage stalk.
Cf. Thyrsus, Truss.]
The human body, as distinguished from the head and limbs; in
sculpture, the trunk of a statue, mutilated of head and
limbs; as, the torso of Hercules.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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