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n. [L. ante, before; Gr. sternon, breastbone](ARTHROPODA: Insecta)The anterior ventral plate or spicule; basisternum; eusternum.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
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basisternum — n. [L. basis, base; sternum, breastbone] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) That part of a thoracic sternum anterior to the sternacostal suture and/or the sternal apophyses; sternannum; antesternite; see furcasternum … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
