cephalothorax Syllabification: (ceph·a·lo·tho·rax)Pronunciation: /ˌsefəlōˈTHôraks/Definition of cephalothorax noun (plural cephalothoraces /-ˈTHôrəˌsēz/ or cephalothoraxes) Zoology the fused head and thorax of spiders and other chelicerate arthropods. cephalothorax in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of cephalothorax in the British & World English dictionary