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单词 pleuron
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pleuron

[ ploor-on ]
/ ˈplʊər ɒn /
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noun, plural pleu·ra [ploor-uh]. /ˈplʊər ə/. Entomology.

the lateral plate or plates of a thoracic segment of an insect.

Origin of pleuron

First recorded in 1700–10, pleuron is from the Greek word pleurón rib, (plural) side

Words nearby pleuron

pleurogenous, pleurography, pleurohepatitis, pleurolith, pleurolysis, pleuron, pleuronia, pleuropericardial, pleuropericarditis, pleuroperitoneal, pleuropneumonia
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Example sentences from the Web for pleuron

  • But the anger of Artemis was not yet soothed, and she roused a strife between the men of Pleuron and the men of Kalydon.

    Museum of Antiquity|L. W. Yaggy
  • From the median tubercle to the outer edge of the pleuron of the second thoracic segment the distance is 3.7 mm.

    The Appendages, Anatomy, and Relationships of Trilobites|Percy Edward Raymond
  • For Meleagros sought to have the head, and the Kouretes of Pleuron cared not to take the hide only for their portion.

    Museum of Antiquity|L. W. Yaggy
  • On each side the tergum overlaps the sternum, and hangs down as a side-flap, or pleuron.

    The Life of Crustacea|William Thomas Calman

British Dictionary definitions for pleuron

pleuron
/ (ˈplʊərɒn) /

noun plural pleura (ˈplʊərə)

the part of the cuticle of arthropods that covers the lateral surface of a body segment

Word Origin for pleuron

C18: from Greek: side
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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