English Explanatory Dictionary

sternite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The ventral plate of each segment of an arthropod.

Word forms

sternite sternites

Etymology

From stern- (“of or relating to the sternum”) + -ite.

Derived words

coxosternite endosternite sternitic urosternite
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