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sternite

sternite noun: the ventral plate of each segment of an arthropod.

Noun

sternite (plural sternites)

  1. The ventral plate of each segment of an arthropod.

sternite meaning in Tamil

sternite in Tamil

வயிற்றுப்புறத்தகடு

Forms of sternite

pluralsternites

Origin of sternite

From stern- (“of or relating to the sternum”) + -ite.

Words formed from sternite

Questions about sternite

What does sternite mean?
Sternite means the ventral plate of each segment of an arthropod.
What is sternite in Tamil?
Sternite in Tamil is வயிற்றுப்புறத்தகடு. See Sternite meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sternite?
Sternite is a noun.
What is the plural of sternite?
The plural of sternite is sternites.

Words near sternite in the dictionary

  1. Sternhagen
  2. Sternian
  3. sternid
  4. sternids
  5. sterning
  6. sternite
  7. sternites
  8. sternitic
  9. sternity
  10. sternless
  11. sternlier

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sternite (page history and authors); sternite (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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