mesosternaladj.n.
/ˌmɛsə(ʊ)ˈstəːnl/, U.S. /ˌmɛzoʊˈstərn(ə)l/; see also meso- comb. form. Zoology and Anatomy.† B. n.
A. adj.
Of, relating to, or of the nature of a mesosternum.
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xiphoidan1653
xiphoid1747
mesosternal1828
episternal1833
xiphisternal1839
xiphoidian1860
manubrial1899
xiphocostal1899
xiphoidal1904
1828 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (ed. 5) I. vi. 196 (note) I consider this insect as the type of a new subgenus (Phillopertha, K. MS.) which connects those tribes of Melolontha, F., that have a mesosternal prominence with those that have not.
1868 W. K. Parker Monogr. Struct. & Devel. Shoulder-girdle & Sternum Vertebrata 119 The two additional meso-sternal segments of the Cyclodonts.
1941 Amer. Midland Naturalist 26 328 Thorax strongly constricted in the middle, from above 2.0 mm. broad through pronotum, 1.14 mm. broad through mesosternal region, 2.1 mm. broad through epinotum.
1987 Amer. Jrnl. Human Genetics 26 111 We provide data on the relationship in variability between common anthropometric characters (stature, interocular diameter, mesosternal chest circumference,..) and dermatoglyphic traits in groups of young healthy individuals.
1997 Canad. Entomologist 129 93 The main synapomorphies of Echinocoleus, which are mostly interrelated with myrmecophily, are reduction of body length and broadening of elytra,..reduction of mesosternal carina, [etc.].
A mesosternal part or element. Obsolete.
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heartspoonc1405
spoon of the brisket1575
manubrium1705
xiphisternal1835
episternum1840
mesosternal1854
mesosternum1868
presternum1868
xiphisternum1872
sternebra1881
mesosterneber1890
mesosternebra1890
sternite1916
1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 216 In some extinct chelonia the number of these lateral elements of the plastron is increased by an intercalated pair, which I have called, ‘mesosternals’.
1868 W. K. Parker Monogr. Struct. & Devel. Shoulder-girdle & Sternum Vertebrata 223 In Cercocebus there are five well-made meso-sternals.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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