epiplastron

English

Diagram of a turtle's plastron showing the epiplastron

Etymology

From epi- +‎ plastron.

Noun

epiplastron (plural epiplastrons or epiplastra)

1. (anatomy) Either of the foremost pair of lateral plates in the plastron of turtles

Related terms

• epiplastral

References

• “epiplastron”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• palintropes