sternite
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They do not long persist in the embryo, but disappear, and the area each one occupied becomes part of the sternite.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
Urite, ū′rīt, n. the sternite of an abdominal segment of an insect.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
These elements are a central piece or sternite, and a lateral field on each side bearing the leg-rudiment.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
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