suprapygal
Zoology
noun
(In tortoises and turtles) a plate of the carapace located immediately in front of the pygal plate.
adjective
Of or relating to such a plate.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Henry Nicholson (1844–1899), biologist and geologist.
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