Search for crossword answers and clues
Lung protectors
Answer for the clue "Lung protectors ", 6 letters:
sterna
Alternative clues for the word sterna
Word definitions for sterna in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sternum \Ster"num\, n.; pl. L. Sterna , E. Sternums . [NL., from Gr. ?, the breast, chest.] (Anat.) 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; ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Sterna is a genus of terns in the bird family Sternidae . Sterna is derived from Old English "stearn" which appears in the poem The Seafarer ; a similar word was used to refer to terns by the Frisians . It used to encompass most "white" terns indiscriminately, ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs [syn: breastbone ] [also: sterna (pl)]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. (plural of sternum English) n. (plural of sternum English)
Usage examples of sterna.
They had made port in Oy sterna ven, but the boat had sunk at dockside.
Duke-not that much, anyway, but Sterna would have given Colaris all the fields on the north side of the Ohyde River, almost the whole Ohyde Valley, and then where would we have been?