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epiplastron

epiplastron noun: either of the foremost pair of lateral plates in the plastron of turtles.

epiplastron: either of the foremost pair of lateral plates in the plastron of turtles
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Noun

epiplastron (plural epiplastrons or epiplastra)

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

epiplastron meaning in Tamil

epiplastron in Tamil

மேற்றகடு

Forms of epiplastron

pluralepiplastrons
pluralepiplastra

Origin of epiplastron

Coined by Thomas Henry Huxley in 1872 as epi- + plastron. Superseded the earlier episternum, a nominalised form of the French adjective épisternal, coined by Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in 1818. The prefix is from Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí, “on top of”), in reference to its position as the anteriormost bone of the plastron.

Questions about epiplastron

What does epiplastron mean?
Epiplastron means either of the foremost pair of lateral plates in the plastron of turtles.
What is epiplastron in Tamil?
Epiplastron in Tamil is மேற்றகடு. See Epiplastron meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is epiplastron?
Epiplastron is a noun.
What is the plural of epiplastron?
The plural of epiplastron is epiplastrons.

Words near epiplastron in the dictionary

  1. epiplaphilia
  2. epiplaphobia
  3. epiplastid
  4. epiplastra
  5. epiplastral
  6. epiplastron
  7. epiplastrons
  8. epiplectic
  9. epipleural
  10. epipleurals
  11. epipleuron

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Adapted from Wiktionary: epiplastron (page history and authors); epiplastron (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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