omostegite
English
editEtymology
editFrom omo- (“shoulder”) + Ancient Greek στέγος (stégos, “roof”) + -ite.
Noun
editomostegite (plural not attested)
- (zoology) The part of the carapace of a crustacean situated behind the cervical groove.
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “omostegite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)