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paraphragm Zool.|ˈpærəfræm|
[ad. Gr. παράϕραγµα breastwork, parapet, f. παραϕράσσ-ειν to enclose with a breastwork.]
One of the outer divisions of an endosternite in Crustacea. Hence paraphragmal |pærəˈfrægməl|, a.
1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. vi. 310 The anterior horizontal uniting with its own paraphragmal apophysis, the posterior with the paraphragmal of the antecedent endosternite. 1880― Crayfish iv. 158 The outer prolongation of the capital [of the apodemes] is called..the paraphragm. |