prosternum

English

Etymology

From Latin. See pro- and sternum.

Noun

prosternum (plural prosterna)

1. (zoology) The ventral plate of the prothorax of an insect.

Related terms

• prosternal

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “prosternum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)