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mesoplastral

mesoplastral adjective: describing either of a pair of transverse hexagonal bones in a turtle that lie between the hyoplastral and hypoplastral bones.

Adjective

mesoplastral (not comparable)

  1. Describing either of a pair of transverse hexagonal bones in a turtle that lie between the hyoplastral and hypoplastral bones.

Origin of mesoplastral

From meso- + plastral.

Questions about mesoplastral

What does mesoplastral mean?
Mesoplastral means describing either of a pair of transverse hexagonal bones in a turtle that lie between the hyoplastral and hypoplastral bones.
What part of speech is mesoplastral?
Mesoplastral is an adjective.

Words near mesoplastral in the dictionary

  1. mesoplasmodium
  2. mesoplast
  3. mesoplastic
  4. mesoplastics
  5. mesoplastra
  6. mesoplastral
  7. mesoplastron
  8. mesoplasts
  9. mesopleura
  10. mesopleural
  11. mesopleuron

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