epiplastron

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English

Diagram of a turtle's plastron showing the epiplastron

Etymology

epi- +‎ plastron

Noun

epiplastron (plural epiplastrons or epiplastra)

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

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