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Noun: Sterna
  1. A genus of Sterninae
    - genus Sterna
Noun: sternum (sternums,sterna)  stur-num
  1. The flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs
    - breastbone

See also: sternal

Type of: bird genus, bone, os[2]

Part of: axial skeleton, chest, pectus, Sterninae, subfamily Sterninae, thorax

Encyclopedia: Sterna Sterna, Evros Sterna, Greece

Sternum

Nearest

sterilized
sterilizer
sterlet
sterling
sterling area
sterling bloc
sterling silver
stern
Stern
stern chaser
Sterna
Sterna hirundo
sternal
Sterne
Sterninae
sternite
sternly
sternmost
sternness
sternocleido mastoideus
sternocleidomastoid