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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

STERNITE

Ster "nite, n. Etym: [From Sternum. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The sternum of an arthropod somite.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

sternite

ster nite |ˈstərˌnīt ˈstərnaɪt | ▶noun Entomology (in an insect ) a sclerotized plate forming the sternum of a segment. Compare with tergite.

 

Oxford Dictionary

sternite

stern |ite |ˈstəːnʌɪt | ▶noun Entomology (in an insect ) a sclerotized plate forming the sternum of a segment. Compare with tergite.