xiphiplastronn.
/zɪfɪˈplastrən/ Anatomy and Zoology.
Each of the fourth or hindmost pair of lateral plates in the plastron of a turtle.
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1871 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Vertebrated Animals v. 202 In the Turtle the plastron consists of nine pieces..the fourth [lateral], xiphiplastron.
Derivatives
xiphiˈplastral adj. and n. (a) adj. pertaining to or constituting a xiphiplastron; (b) n. a xiphiplastral plate, a xiphiplastron.
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the world > animals > reptiles > order Chelonia (turtles and tortoises) > [noun] > turtles or sea-tortoises > parts of
calipash1674
calipee1689
hut1698
monsieur1751
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turtle-shell1828
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pygal1885
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1889 H. A. Nicholson & R. Lydekker Man. Palæontol. (ed. 3) II. 1084 [The pubis and the ischium] may be anchylosed to the xiphiplastral.
1889 Lydekker in Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 1 Aug. 511 The imperfect left xiphiplastral [of a Chelonian].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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