sternite
[stur-nahyt]
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noun Entomology.
a sclerite of the sternum of an insect, especially a ventral sclerite of an abdominal segment.
Nearby words
- sternberg-reed cell,
- sterne,
- sterne, laurence,
- sternebra,
- sternforemost,
- sternitic,
- sternmost,
- sterno,
- sterno-,
- sternoclavicular
Origin of sternite
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Examples from the Web for sternite
A pair of dorso-ventral muscles passing from tergite to sternite in each segment.
The Origin of Vertebrates|Walter Holbrook GaskellThese elements are a central piece or sternite, and a lateral field on each side bearing the leg-rudiment.
Urite, ū′rīt, n. the sternite of an abdominal segment of an insect.
They do not long persist in the embryo, but disappear, and the area each one occupied becomes part of the sternite.