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metaventrite

metaventrite noun: a ventral plate of the thorax lying behind and between the mesocoxal cavities.

Noun

metaventrite (plural metaventrites)

  1. A ventral plate of the thorax lying behind and between the mesocoxal cavities.
    • The anterior pronotal angles are produced forward, the metaventrite is very short and the hind wings are absent.2013, Adam Slipinski, Australian Beetles Volume 1: Morphology, Classification and Keys
    • Mesocoxal cavities usually subcircular, narrowly to moderately widely separated, usually open laterally but occasionally closed by confluent meso- and metaventrites.2014, Richard A.B. Leschen, Morphology and Systematics: Phytophaga, page 203

Forms of metaventrite

pluralmetaventrites

Origin of metaventrite

From meta- + ventrite.

Questions about metaventrite

What does metaventrite mean?
Metaventrite means a ventral plate of the thorax lying behind and between the mesocoxal cavities.
What part of speech is metaventrite?
Metaventrite is a noun.
What is the plural of metaventrite?
The plural of metaventrite is metaventrites.

Words near metaventrite in the dictionary

  1. metavariant
  2. metavariants
  3. metavariscite
  4. metavauxite
  5. metaventral
  6. metaventrite
  7. metaventrites
  8. metaversal
  9. metaversality
  10. metaversally
  11. metaverse

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