sterniten.
/ˈstəːnʌɪt/ Zoology and Comparative Anatomy.
1. The under or ventral part of each somite or segment of the body of an insect or other arthropod: correlated with tergite and pleurite.
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1868 A. S. Packard Guide to Study of Insects 9 The typical ring, or segment..consists of an upper (tergite), a side (pleurite), and an under piece (sternite).
1882 Athenæum 14 Jan. 60/2 The chilaria of Limulus..are regarded as metathoracic sternites.
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2. = sternebra n. (In recent dictionaries.) rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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sternitic adj. /stɜːˈnɪtɪk/ pertaining to a sternite. (In recent dictionaries.)
/stɜːˈnɪtɪk/ pertaining to a sternite. (In recent dictionaries.)This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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