Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The second lateral piece of the plastron of a turtle: a name given by Huxley to what others call the hyosternum. See second cut under
Chelonia .
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- noun anatomy The second
lateral plate in theplastron ofturtles .
Etymologies
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hyo- + plastron
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