sternopleural

English

Etymology

From sterno- +‎ pleural.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ʊəɹəl

Adjective

sternopleural (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the sternopleuron or to the sternum and the pleura

Noun

sternopleural (plural sternopleurals)

  1. (entomology) Short for seta or bristle.
    • 1931, John Allen Rowe, “A revision of the males of the nearctic species in the genus Fabriciella (Tachinidae)”, in Annals of the Entomological Society of America, volume 24:
      Sternopleurals medium large.
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