pleuron

A lateral sclerite of a thoracic segment of an arthropod between the tergum and the sternum.

Noun

  1. A lateral sclerite of a thoracic segment of an arthropod between the tergum and the sternum.

Origin

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πλευρόν (pleurón, “rib, side”).

Forms

pleura

Related

pleural pleural lobe

Derived

epipleuron mesopleuron metapleuron pleuronic propleuron pteropleuron sternopleuron

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