Definition of Pleuron. Meaning of Pleuron. Synonyms of Pleuron

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Definition of Pleuron

Pleuron
Pleuron Pleu"ron, n.; pl. Pleura. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a rib.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) One of the sides of an animal. (b) One of the lateral pieces of a somite of an insect. (c) One of lateral processes of a somite of a crustacean.

Meaning of Pleuron from wikipedia

- Look up pleuron in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pleuron may refer to: Pleuron (Aetolia), a place in Ancient Greece Pleuron (son of Aetolus), a figure...
- Pleuron (Ancient Gr****: Πλευρών, gen.: Πλευρῶνος; Gr****: Πλευρώνα, Plevrona or Ασφακοβούνι, Asfakovouni) was a city in ancient Aetolia, Greece. The name...
- somite can be divided into a dorsal tergum, ventral sternum and a lateral pleuron. Various parts of the exoskeleton may be fused together.: 289  Each somite...
- In Gr**** mythology, Pleuron[pronunciation?] (Ancient Gr****: Πλευρῶνος) was a son of Aetolus and Pronoe, daughter of Phorbus, and brother of Calydon. He...
- The pleuron (pl. pleura, from Gr**** side, rib) is a lateral sclerite of thoracic segment of an insect between the tergum and the sternum. The terms pro-...
- Αγήνορι Agēnor; English translation: 'heroic, manly') was a son of King Pleuron of Aetolia and Xanthippe, and grandson of Aetolus. His siblings were Stratonice...
- and the physical synoecism, to events at the polis of Pleuron (Aetolia) described by Strabo. Pleuron, in danger of being sacked by the Macedonians, was officially...
- flight. The pleura are usually small or hidden in some species, with each pleuron having a single spiracle. The sternum is the most widely visible part of...
- of which are the dorsal portion (the notum), the lateral portion (the pleuron; one on each side), and the ventral portion (the sternum). In some insects...
- the cervix, a membrane that separates the head from the thorax; and the pleuron, a lateral sclerite of the thorax. In dragonflies and damselflies the mesothorax...