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pleuron
[ ploor-on ]
noun
- the lateral plate or plates of a thoracic segment of an insect.
pleuron
/ ˈplʊərɒn /
noun
- the part of the cuticle of arthropods that covers the lateral surface of a body segment
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Origin of pleuron1
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Example Sentences
From the median tubercle to the outer edge of the pleuron of the second thoracic segment the distance is 3.7 mm.
But the anger of Artemis was not yet soothed, and she roused a strife between the men of Pleuron and the men of Kalydon.
For Meleagros sought to have the head, and the Kouretes of Pleuron cared not to take the hide only for their portion.
On each side the tergum overlaps the sternum, and hangs down as a side-flap, or pleuron.
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