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uro- +‎ sternite

Noun

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urosternite (plural urosternites)

  1. (zoology) The sternal or under piece of any of the uromeres of insects and other arthropods.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for urosternite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)