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sternopleural

adjective

Relating to the sternopleuron or to the sternum and the pleura

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Meanings

adjectivesternopleural (not comparable)

not comparableRelating to the sternopleuron or to the sternum and the pleura

nounsternopleural (plural sternopleurals)

plural sternopleurals

abbreviationbiologyShort for sternopleural seta or bristle.
Sternopleurals medium large.
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

Origin

From sterno- + pleural.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with sternopleural

rural neural plural mural intramural pleural epidural Ural extramural dural subdural sensorineural nomenclatural sural extradural commissural anural bronchopleural caesural caricatural crural cynosural duoplural epipleural

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APA

sternopleural. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sternopleural

MLA

“sternopleural.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sternopleural. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sternopleural,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sternopleural.

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