Sternite Definition

stûrnīt
noun
A sclerite making up part of the sternum of an arthropod.
American Heritage Medicine

The ventral plate of each segment of an arthropod.

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Other Word Forms of Sternite

Noun

Singular:
sternite
Plural:
sternites

Origin of Sternite

  • stern(um) –ite

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Sternite Sentence Examples

  • The glands occur in groups, and lead into common ducts which open usually so much reduced that the foremost apparent ventral sclerite of the abdomen represents the third sternite.

  • Verhoeff (1894-1896) - in a beetle's abdomen, but the tenth sternite is usually absent.

  • On account of the great extension of the metathorax and the haunches of the large hindlegs, the first abdominal sternite is wanting, and the second is - the stylets.

  • The vagina usually opens in front of the eighth abdominal sternite.

  • These elements are a central piece or sternite, 12 and a lateral field on each side bearing the leg-rudi 1s ment.

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Words Starting With

SSTSTE

Words Ending With

ETEITE

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Words Starting With S and Ending With E

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