English edit

Etymology edit

sterno- +‎ pleural

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

sternopleural (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the sternopleuron or to the sternum and the pleura

Noun edit

sternopleural (plural sternopleurals)

  1. (entomology) Short for sternopleural seta or bristle.
    • 1931, John Allen Rowe, “A revision of the males of the nearctic species in the genus Fabriciella (Tachinidae)”, in Annals of the Entomological Society of America, volume 24:
      Sternopleurals medium large.