prosternum

English edit

Etymology edit

From Latin. See pro- and sternum.

Noun edit

prosternum (plural prosterna)

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

Related terms edit

prosternal

References edit

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

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