noun
Word Origin late 18th century: from Italian, literally ‘stalk, stump’, from Latin thyrsus (see thyrsus).
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Central part of the living body
The torso or trunk is an anatomical term for the central part, or the core, of the body of many animals (including humans), from which the head, neck, limbs, tail and other appendages extend. Wikipedia