torsos

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torsos - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]