epiplastron

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English

Diagram of a turtle's plastron showing the epiplastron

Etymology

epi- +‎ plastron

Noun

epiplastron (plural epiplastrons or epiplastra)

(anatomy) Either of the foremost pair of lateral plates in the plastron of turtles

Related terms

epiplastral

References

“epiplastron”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

palintropes

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