Usually means: Front part of the sternum.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. prosternum: Merriam-Webster
  2. prosternum: Collins English Dictionary
  3. prosternum: Wordnik
  4. prosternum: Wiktionary
  5. prosternum: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. Prosternum, prosternum: Dictionary.com
  7. Prosternum: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. prosternum: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Prosternum: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. prosternum: FreeDictionary.org
  11. prosternum: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Prosternum: Encyclopedia

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  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Prosternum: HYPP Zoology
  2. Glossary of Entomology (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (prosternum)

▸ noun:  (zoology) The ventral sclerite (plate) of the prothorax of an insect.

Similar:
sternum, mesosternum, basisternum, opisthothorax, pleuron, breast, pleurostoma, hyposternum, metaventrite, pereion, more...

Opposite:
dorsum, back, spine

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Similar:
sternum, mesosternum, basisternum, opisthothorax, pleuron, breast, pleurostoma, hyposternum, metaventrite, pereion, more...

Opposite:
dorsum, back, spine



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