Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The sternite, or sternal sclerite, of any abdominal or postabdominal segment of an insect; the ventral section of any uromere; originally, the whole of any primary abdominal segment; a uromere.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) One of the segments of the abdomen or post-abdomen of arthropods.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun zoology One of the segments of the abdomen or postabdomen of arthropods.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek οὐρά (oura, "tail") +‎ -ite.

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