Definition of Sternites

1. Noun. (plural of sternite) ¹

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Definition of Sternites

1. sternite [n] - See also: sternite

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sternites

sternally
sternbergite
sterncastle
sterncastles
sterndrive
sterndrives
sternebra
sternebrae
sternebral
sterned
sterner
sternest
sternforemost
sterning
sternite
sternites
sternly
sternman
sternness
sternnesses
sterno-
sternochondroscapulares
sternochondroscapularis
sternocleid
sternocleido mastoideus
sternocleidomastoid
sternocleidomastoid muscle
sternocleidomastoid vein
sternocoracoid

Literary usage of Sternites

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences by Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences (1914)
"+ Segment surrounding the anal operculum much longer than wide. Three adjoining abdominal sternites strongly recurved T. johnsoni. ..."

2. Entomologisk Tidskrift by Entomologiska föreningen i Stockholm (1892)
"2), the last but one with the cerci, and 8 sternites. Consequently verv essen- tial differences exist in the structure of the abdomen in the two sexes: ..."

3. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1916)
"Ventrally there are apparently six sternites. The first occupies about a third of the ... Remaining sternites short and not extending across the abdomen, ..."

4. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science by Indiana Academy of Science (1922)
"Post abdominal segments without pleural membranes, their sternites and tergites completely fused in each segment. First sternite represented by the genital ..."

5. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1904)
"This investigator reached the surprising conclusion that the hypopharynx represents the fused sternites of the mouth part segments. ..."

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