coxosternite

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noun
Definitions
  • (zoology) A basal plate making up the maxillae in some insects or the first pair of legs of Chilopoda, formed from the fused coxae of each leg plus the ventral body plate, the sternite.

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Affix from English coxa + English sternite.

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English

sternite

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