prosternum

English

Etymology

From Latin. See pro- and sternum.

Noun

prosternum (plural prosterna)

1. (zoology) The ventral sclerite (plate) of the prothorax of an insect.

Related terms

• prosternal

References

• “prosternum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.