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Omosternum :: Omosternum (n.) In many mammals, an interarticular cartilage, or bone, between the sternum and the clavicle..

Carinated :: Carinated (a.) Shaped like the keel or prow of a ship; having a carina or keel; as, a carinate calyx or leaf; a carinate sternum (of a bird)..

Parapleura :: Parapleura (n.) A chitinous piece between the metasternum and the pleuron of certain insects.

Episternum :: Episternum (n.) One of the lateral pieces next to the sternum in the thorax of insects.

Entosternum :: Entosternum (n.) See Entoplastron.

Urosteon :: Urosteon (n.) A median ossification back of the lophosteon in the sternum of some birds.

Metasternum :: Metasternum (n.) The ventral plate of the third or last segment of the thorax of insects.

Omosternal :: Omosternal (a.) Of or pertaining to the omosternum.

Episternum :: Episternum (n.) Same as Epiplastron.

Pigeon-breasted :: Pigeon-breasted (a.) Having a breast like a pigeon, -- the sternum being so prominent as to constitute a deformity; chicken-breasted..

Sternpost :: Sternothyroid (a.) Of or pertaining to the sternum and the thyroid cartilage.

Hyposternum :: Hyposternum (n.) See Hypoplastron.

Metasternal :: Metasternal (a.) Of or pertaining to the metasternum.

Mesosternum :: Mesosternum (n.) The middle portion, or body, of the sternum..

Sternutation :: Sternum (n.) The ventral part of any one of the somites of an arthropod.

Manubrium :: Manubrium (n.) A handlelike process or part; esp., the anterior segment of the sternum, or presternum, and the handlelike process of the malleus..

Entoplastron :: Entoplastron (n.) The median plate of the plastron of turtles; -- called also entosternum.

Metasternum :: Metasternum (n.) The most posterior element of the sternum; the ensiform process; xiphisternum.

Latisternal :: Latisternal (a.) Having a broad breastbone, or sternum; -- said of anthropoid apes..

Chelonia :: Chelonia (n. pl.) An order of reptiles, including the tortoises and turtles, peculiar in having a part of the vertebrae, ribs, and sternum united with the dermal plates so as to form a firm shell. The jaws are covered by a horny beak. See Reptilia; also, Illust. in Appendix..

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