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Pleuron

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Pleu′ron

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Noun.

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pl.

Pleura

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[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] a rib.]

(Zool.)

(a)

One of the sides of an animal.

(b)

One of the lateral pieces of a somite of an insect.

(c)

One of lateral processes of a somite of a crustacean.

Definition 2024

pleuron

pleuron

English

Noun

pleuron ‎(plural pleura)

A lateral sclerite of a thoracic segment of an arthropod between the tergum and the sternum

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