pleurite Zool.
(ˈplʊəraɪt)
[f. Gr. πλευρά side + -ite1 3.]
The side or lateral portion of each somite or segment of the body in arthropods. (Correlated with tergite and sternite.)
| 1868 Packard Guide Study Insects 9 The typical ring or segment..consists of an upper (tergite), a side (pleurite), and an under piece (sternite). 1895 in Syd. Soc. Lex. |