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Sternum
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) A plate of cartilage, or a series of bony or cartilaginous plates or segments, in the median line of the pectoral skeleton of most vertebrates above fishes; the breastbone.
(2):
(n.) The ventral part of any one of the somites of an arthropod.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Sternum'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/sternum.html. 1828.