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ventrite

ventrite noun: a ventral plate.

Noun

ventrite (plural ventrites)

  1. A ventral plate.
    • The plesiomorphic condition of abdominal ventrites II and III in Rhagovelia is interpreted to be one in which these ventrites are flat or broadly arched and of form similar to ventrites IV-VI.1997, Dan Avery Polhemus, Systematics of the Genus Rhagovelia
    • A rather widespread modification affecting the ventrites of beetles is what is known as “connation”, involving a reduction or complete loss of mobility at the junction between particular ventrites, usually starting with the basal ones.2013, R. A. Crowson, The Biology of the Coleoptera, page 61

Forms of ventrite

pluralventrites

Origin of ventrite

From ventro- + -ite.

Words formed from ventrite

Questions about ventrite

What does ventrite mean?
Ventrite means a ventral plate.
What part of speech is ventrite?
Ventrite is a noun.
What is the plural of ventrite?
The plural of ventrite is ventrites.

Words near ventrite in the dictionary

  1. ventrimesal
  2. ventrimeson
  3. ventring
  4. ventripotent
  5. ventripotential
  6. ventrite
  7. ventrites
  8. ventro-
  9. ventro-dorsad
  10. ventro-inguinal
  11. ventroanterior

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