Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The fourth lateral piece of the plastron of a turtle; one of the pair of terminal pieces of the plastron in Chelonia, called
xiphisternum by some. See cuts underplastron and Chelonia.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) The posterior, or fourth, lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; -- called also
xiphisternum .
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- noun the posterior, or fourth lateral plate in the
plastron of aturtle
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek ξίφος (xiphos, "sword") + plastron
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Each of the fourth or hindmost pair of lateral plates in the plastron of a turtle. (Also xiphoplastron; plural xiphiplastra)
August 2, 2008