mesosternal, a. and n.
(mɛsəʊˈstɜːnəl)
[f. mesosternum + -al1.]
A. adj. Pertaining to the mesosternum.
| 1816 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. vi. (1843) I. 162 note 1, Those tribes of Melolontha F., that have mesosternal prominence. 1868 W. K. Parker Shoulder-girdle Vertebr. 119 The two additional meso-sternal segments of the Cyclodonts. |
B. n. A mesosternal part or element.
| 1854 Owen Skel. & Teeth in Circ. Sci. I. Org. Nat. 216 In some extinct chelonia the number of these lateral elements of the plastron is increased by an intercalated pair, which I have called, ‘mesosternals’. 1868 W. K. Parker Shoulder-girdle Vertebr. 223 In Cercocebus there are five well-made meso-sternals. |