intersternal

English

Etymology

inter- +‎ sternal

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nəl

Adjective

intersternal (not comparable)

  1. (zoology) Between the sterna; said of certain membranes or parts of insects and crustaceans.
    intersternal joints
    intersternal articulations

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “intersternal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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