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plastrón

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See also: plastron

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French plastron, from Italian piastrone, augmentative of piastra (thin metal plate), short for impiastro (plaster), from Latin emplastrum (compare Spanish emplastro), from Ancient Greek ἔμπλαστρον (émplastron, daub, salve).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /plasˈtɾon/ [plasˈt̪ɾõn]
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: plas‧trón

Noun

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plastrón m (plural plastrones)

  1. (zoology) plastron
    Synonym: peto
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Further reading

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