epiplastron

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English[edit]

Diagram of a turtle's plastron showing the epiplastron

Etymology[edit]

epi- +‎ plastron

Noun[edit]

epiplastron (plural epiplastrons or epiplastra)

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

Related terms[edit]

epiplastral

References[edit]

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

Anagrams[edit]

palintropes

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