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单词 sternite
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sternite

[ stur-nahyt ]
/ ˈstɜr naɪt /

noun Entomology.

a sclerite of the sternum of an insect, especially a ventral sclerite of an abdominal segment.

Origin of sternite

First recorded in 1865–70; stern- + -ite1

OTHER WORDS FROM sternite

ster·nit·ic [ster-nit-ik], /stərˈnɪt ɪk/, adjective

Words nearby sternite

stern drive, Sterne, sternebra, sternforemost, Stern, Isaac, sternite, sternmost, Sterno, sternoclavicular, sternoclavicular angle, sternocleidomastoid
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Example sentences 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 Gaskell
  • These elements are a central piece or sternite, and a lateral field on each side bearing the leg-rudiment.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4|Various
  • Urite, ū′rīt, n. the sternite of an abdominal segment of an insect.

    Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various
  • They do not long persist in the embryo, but disappear, and the area each one occupied becomes part of the sternite.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4|Various
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