fat body
Britishnoun
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a mass of fatty tissue in insects, used as an energy source during hibernation and metamorphosis
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a similar tissue mass in amphibians and reptiles
Example Sentences
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Yesika Salgado is a Los Angeles-based Salvadoran poet who writes about her family, her culture, her city and her fat body.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2025
Testing the technique in fruit flies, the researchers found that 51 proteins voyaged from the animals’ muscles to their heads and 269 moved from the fat body, the insects’ main energy storehouse, to their legs.
From Science Magazine • May 22, 2024
The fat body is a nutrient-dense organ that functions much like the liver in mammals.
From Salon • Nov. 12, 2022
"A magazine like that has never put someone like me, an actual fat body, on the cover of a magazine," she told BBC's Victoria Derbyshire.
From BBC • Aug. 30, 2018
Piggy wore the remainders of a pair of shorts, his fat body was golden brown, and the glasses still flashed when he looked at anything.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
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