Definition of sterna

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Sternson (n.) The end of a ship's keelson, to which the sternpost is bolted; -- called also stern knee..

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Scurrit :: Scurrit (n.) the lesser tern (Sterna minuta).
Mesosternal :: Mesosternal (a.) Of or pertaining to the mesosternum.
Endothorax :: Endothorax (n.) An internal process of the sternal plates in the thorax of insects.
Hesternal :: Hesternal (a.) Pertaining to yesterday. [Obs.] See Yester, a..
Xiphisterna :: Xiphisterna (pl. ) of Xiphisternu.
Hyposterna :: Hyposterna (pl. ) of Hyposternu.
Egg-bird :: Egg-bird (n.) A species of tern, esp. the sooty tern (Sterna fuliginosa) of the West Indies. In the Bahama Islands the name is applied to the tropic bird, Phaethon flavirostris..
Hestern :: Hestern (a.) Alt. of Hesterna.
Asternal :: Asternal (a.) Not sternal; -- said of ribs which do not join the sternum.
Sternbergite :: Sternal (a.) Of or pertaining to the sternum; in the region of the sternum.
Hemapophysis :: Hemapophysis (n.) The second element in each half of a hemal arch, corresponding to the sternal part of a rib..
Infrahyoid :: Infrahyoid (a.) Same as Hyosternal (a).
Latisternal :: Latisternal (a.) Having a broad breastbone, or sternum; -- said of anthropoid apes..
Endosternite :: Endosternite (n.) The part of each apodeme derived from the intersternal membrane in Crustacea and insects.
Omosternal :: Omosternal (a.) Of or pertaining to the omosternum.
Hyosternal :: Hyosternal (a.) Between the hyoid bone and the sternum, or pertaining to them; infrahyoid; as, the hyosternal region of the neck..
Entosterna :: Entosterna (pl. ) of Entosternu.
Episterna :: Episterna (pl. ) of Episternu.
Urosternite :: Urosternite (n.) The sternal, or under piece, of any one of the uromeres of insects and other arthropods..
Tern :: Tern (n.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged aquatic birds, allied to the gulls, and belonging to Sterna and various allied genera..
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