prosternum

prosternum
prosternal, adj.
/proh sterr"neuhm/, n., pl. prosterna /-neuh/, prosternums.
the ventral sclerite of the prothorax of an insect.
[1820-30; < NL; see PRO-1, STERNUM]

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