Sterna

Word STERNA
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Definitions and meanings of "Sterna"

What do we mean by sterna?

A Linnean genus of Laridæ, typical of the subfamily Sterninæ, and containing all the terns or sea-swallows, or variously restricted. noun

Plural form of sternum. noun

A genus of Sterninae noun

The breastbone

The sclerotized plate of spiders, between the coxae, marking the floor of the cephalothorax

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The word "sterna" in example sentences

In the past there was commercial over-exploitation of the sea cucumbers Isostichopus fuscus and Parastichopus parvimensis, of mother-of-pearl Pinctada mazatlanica and winged oysters Pteria sterna. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Out of 141 sterna between the time of birth and the age of sixteen years, Paterson (op. cit.) found the fourth or lowest center for the body present only in thirty-eight cases—i. e., ❋ Unknown (1918)

The idea that birds rely on dorsoventral movement of their sterna, and that a huge sternum and associated mobile, ossified sternal ribs are a requirement for avian-style respiration, has been heavily promoted in other Ruben and colleagues papers ❋ Unknown (2009)

If we combine these bits of information, the logical conclusion is that non-avian theropods were using their sterna and sternal ribs to ventilate their abdominal air-sacs, and here is the avian condition, albeit in less 'extreme' form. ❋ Unknown (2009)

To their credit, Quick & Ruben (2009) do note that some birds (including kiwis, emus and the extinct elephant birds and mihirungs) have very small sterna that don't extend as far posteriorly as the abdominal air-sacs: these sterna are actually smaller, compared to trunk length, than those of such non-avian saurischians as dromaeosaurs and diplodocoid and macronarian sauropods (Wedel 2007). ❋ Unknown (2009)

Dando nempe se ipsum dare videndum, et sterna feltcitate fruendum. ❋ Joseph Chantre Herrera, Giovanni Vincenzo Bolgeni (1792)

Bo* naventurae. loio cum dicat, bona sterna aliud esse nihil 9 quam Dt* ❋ Joseph Chantre Herrera, Giovanni Vincenzo Bolgeni (1792)

Hi autem loquebantur bypotheticei et sub eonditione impossibl - li I unde nunquam habuere actum absolutum efficacem lenuntiationif sterna! ❋ Joseph Chantre Herrera, Giovanni Vincenzo Bolgeni (1792)

In the preface to this article we are presented with the method of arrangement which he intended to have pursued, and which is obviously founded on that of Linnaeus: in fact, the author pro - fesses to deviate from it no further than he conceives himself to be required by the discoveries subsequent to the publication of the Sy sterna. ❋ Unknown (1791)

: ut vero sterna? maneant nec cum mutatis Magiftratibus fubin ❋ Marcus Zuerius Boxhorn (1657)

1 8 Repagula sterna disjecime quid obfiftere queat decretis meis: nt - bil ìlla decinere poteritpeque Vos. ❋ Christoph Kotter , Krystyna Poniatowska (1657)

Ubi vides) Visionem Beacificam j et Dei praesentiam desiderari debc - re ex Charitate ad amoris copiam habendam in ilia sterna vita 1 ia qua, ut ait Bernardus cap. ❋ Joseph Chantre Herrera, Giovanni Vincenzo Bolgeni (1792)

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