English Explanatory Dictionary

coxosternite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A basal plate making up the maxillae in some insects or the first pair of legs of Chilopoda, formed from the fused coxae of each leg plus the ventral body plate, the sternite.

Word forms

coxosternite coxosternites

Etymology

From coxo- + sternite.

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