sternopleural

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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.