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单词 parapleuron
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parapleuronn.

Brit. /ˌparəˈplʊərɒn/, /ˌparəˈplɔːrɒn/, U.S. /ˌpɛrəˈplʊrˌɑn/
Inflections: Plural parapleura.
Forms: 1800s– parapleuron, 1800s– parapleurum.
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: para- prefix1, Greek πλευρόν.
Etymology: < para- prefix1 + ancient Greek πλευρόν rib (see pleuro- comb. form). Compare French parapleure (1868 in Littré). Compare earlier parapleura n.
Entomology. Now rare.
A pleuron of the metathorax or mesothorax; esp. an undivided pleuron of the thorax in certain beetles.
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1890 Cent. Dict. 4282/3 Parapleurum, in entom., one of the pleura or pieces forming the side of a thoracic ring, especially of the mesothorax and metathorax, and often limited to the latter... Also parapleuron.
1926 R. J. Tillyard Insects Austral. & N.Z. xx. 178 When undivided, the pleura are termed ‘parapleura’ by Coleopterists.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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