sternite

[ stur-nahyt ]

noun

, Entomology.

1. a sclerite of the sternum of an insect, especially a ventral sclerite of an abdominal segment.

Other Words From

• ster·nit·ic [ster-, nit, -ik], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of sternite¹

First recorded in 1865–70; stern- + -ite ¹

Example Sentences

These elements are a central piece or sternite, and a lateral field on each side bearing the leg-rudiment.

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They do not long persist in the embryo, but disappear, and the area each one occupied becomes part of the sternite.

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The vagina usually opens in front of the eighth abdominal sternite.

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The longitudinal segmented band along the middle line represents the early segmentation of the nervous system and the subsequent median field of each sternite; the lateral transverse unshaded bands are the lateral fields of each segment; the shaded areas indicate the more internally placed mesoderm layer.

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Urite, ū′rīt, n. the sternite of an abdominal segment of an insect.

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