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Definition of Sternums
1. sternum [n] - See also: sternum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sternums
Literary usage of Sternums
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Class Reptilia by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Edward Pidgeon (1831)
"These are the only Water Tortoises known which have concave sternums. II.
Sternum united to the back shell by a horny suture ; solid, before and behind ..."
2. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication by Charles Darwin (1892)
"but little, and, out of twenty-five sternums examined by me, three alone were
perfectly symmetrical, ten were moderately crooked, and twelve were deformed ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Yet be did not was by giving many figures of sternums hitherto unrepresented.
We рш from him to a more lively theme. At the very beginning of the year 1832 ..."
4. Spencer Fullerton Baird: A Biography, Including Selections from His by William Healey Dall (1915)
"Don't forget to get as many sculls & sternums as possible, which I can not easily
procure here. I still go on with my project of figuring both, ..."
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