Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In anatomy, the hindmost segment or last sterneber of the breast-bone; the xiphisternum, in man represented by the xiphoid cartilage or ensiform appendage.
- n. In entomology, the sternite of the metathorax; the median part of the postpectus.
Wiktionary
- n. anatomy The most posterior element of the sternum; the ensiform process; xiphisternum
- n. zoology The ventral plate of the third or last segment of the thorax of insects.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Anat.) The most posterior element of the sternum; the ensiform process; xiphisternum.
- n. (Zoöl.) The ventral plate of the third or last segment of the thorax of insects.
Etymologies
- meta- + sternum (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Hypopleura: in Diptera, the space over the middle and hind coxa, between the metapleura and pteropleura: the side of the metasternum: the mesepimeron of the mesothorax.”
“Metasternal: relating or attached to the metasternum.”
“Nerinaeum: a ventral thoracic sclerite between the metasternum and posterior coxa in some Coleoptera.”
“Latero-ventral metathoracic carina: in Odonata; forms the dividing line between the metepimera and the metasternum.”
“Ante-coxal piece: Coleoptera; that portion of the metasternum lying in front of the posterior coxae, often passing between them and meeting the abdomen of mandible, is the lateral sclerite of the clypeus; - one on each side.”
“Meriaeum: the posterior inflected part of the metasternum in”
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