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tetrapleuron|tɛtrəˈplʊərɒn|
Pl. -a or -ons.
[a. Gr. τετράπλευρον a figure with four sides, f. τετρα- tetra- + πλευρόν rib, side.]
1. A square column.
1837Penny Cycl. IX. 315/1 Square pillars or tetrapleurons, with either a statue, or a caryatid figure standing before.
2. Morphol. Pl. tetraˈpleura: Organic forms with bilateral symmetry having four antimeres or corresponding opposite parts. Cf. dipleura.
1883[see dipleura].
Hence tetraˈpleural a., Morphol., zygopleural with four antimeres.
1891in Cent. Dict. |